Police in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of luring a 13-year-old junior high school girl whom he met on a social networking site to a lodging facility.
Police said the suspect is accused of abducting a minor with the intent to sexually molest her, local media reported.
According to the warrant, the man allegedly invited the girl to come and watch a movie with him at a lodging facility in Nagoya City’s Midori Ward.
The two were inside the room from around 9:50 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. on Sunday. The girl’s family filed a missing persons report, prompting police to launch an investigation into her whereabouts. Police located her at the lodging facility, and detained the suspect at the scene.
Police said the man has admitted to the allegation and are investigating whether he has committed similar offenses against minors in the past.
© Japan Today
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ClanPsi
Didn't 13 used to be legal in Japan? Oh, the good ol' days before they pruded up like the wank jobs in North America.
Chabbawanga
These are the important questions we should be asking.
Chabbawanga
Disgusting.
virusrex
On the contrary, it is routinely reported that people claim to have no recollection about doing anything wrong, specially if drunk.
Nibek32
Can you reference this law you are referencing? I’m looking at the kidnapping penal code in Japan, and your statement is not actually listed as kidnapping.
Yharnam Resident
I beg anyone asking these questions that are weirdly focused on technicalities to please take a step back and realize how creepy it makes you look. The guy is 39 talking to a 13 year old that he should have 0 business with, no amount of hypothetical questions will make that seem like normal behavior.
John
It’s great that he was caught but what actions have been taken against the social networking site to ensure children shouldn’t be registered.
Mark
You might want to look up how policing works in Japan. You will rarely get someone denying charges once they have been arrested.
TokyoLiving
Go to jail, loser clown..
Strangerland
That’s still legally kidnapping in Japan. Taking a minor without the consent of the parents is legally kidnapping.
owzer
Yes, kidnapping.
Mark
it is sickening to the full. This man deserved to be castrated and put inside the jail to let him rot alone
NotThe One
Maybe it is not. Not all temporary lodgings are specifically for the purpose of sex. Maybe it is a camping/vacation area or justa regular hotel.
NotThe One
What if they only watched TV and played videogames the whole time, and no physical contact was made. Could they still charge him with kidnapping if he asked her to go with him, and she accepted? Other than age what would be the legal grounds? If another teen the girl met offer the same thing, would they also be arrested for kidnapping after the parents called the police? Is this going to be police illegally coercing the suspect into a more serious crime or is he actuall guilty of something nefarious.
I am curious to know.
Sanjinosebleed
What the hell is a lodging facility anyway?? Why not say love hotel or isn’t that allowed anymore??.?.?.?.?
Mr Kipling
From her mobile phone.
JRO
Well it says he admitted to the charges, so I guess he admitted they had done something more than watching a movie. It does feel like there is more to the story though, that in the span of 3 hours the family would call the cops, and the cops would find and arrest the man. It's not weird for a 13 year old to go out for 3 hours, even weirder for the parents to worry so much that they would call the cops within that time. Even weirder for the cops to track him down and find him within those 3 hours, they would probably still be explaining stuff on the phone at that stage.
borscht
I’ve got a couple of questions.
How did the police find the girl and man so fast?
Is a “lodging facility” different from a hotel? Is it a rooming or boarding house?
Does the girl never leave home on a Sunday without telling her parents?
Speed
I also have this same question in mind. Is it actually illegal to spend time with a young teenager if you're a middle-aged man. If nothing actually happened, aside from watching a movie, what law did he break?
Mark
It's kidnapping at best since she is a minor so an adult can not be with a child without the knowledge of the guardians.
Nibek32
While the situation looks nefarious, is it technically illegal for an adult to watch a movie with a teenager?
Asiaman7
Likely. But Yahoo probably deserves part of the blame for the way it gave the time:
午前9時50分頃から午後0時25分
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b679f10e0c3aba6308dbf08e28519ab1f4089796
TrevorPeace
@Mark, according to the times mentioned in the story, it was less than 3 hours.
Mark
Indeed. News on crime is mostly a guessing game because most of the information reported by the police is either not entirely true, made up or changed in some way or, as in this case, a lot of key information has been withheld.
Asiaman7
I agree. Did Japan Today mix up 12:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.?
timeon
I somehow think there is something more to the story, on Sunday morning the girls just left house without saying anything? And immediately parents filled a missing person report, and the guy was arrested within 1-2 hours or so.
Mark
I think you are overestimating the ability of some predators to convince children to do what they say and overestimating the ability of a child to ve aware that such people exist and how one can be tricked.
sakurasuki
39 year old, with 13 year old, that's 3 times different, to a hotel room without parent supervision?
Mark
Thanks. I always mix up 12am and 12pm.
Asiaman7
12:25 p.m. is 25 minutes after noon. So they were in the room for about 2 1/2 hours.
Mark
What were they doing for 14 hours in a hotel room?