Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of engaging in lewd acts for money with an 18-year-old female high school student last year.
Police said Kensuke Hikiji, a company employee from Tokyo’s Akishima City, allegedly paid the girl 30,000 yen in cash in exchange for sexual services at a hotel in Kawasaki City’s Tama Ward on Aug 12, 2020, Sankei Shimbun reported. The girl, who lives in Yokohama, was 17 at the time.
Hijiki and the girl stayed in their room for approximately two hours from 1:15 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. Police said, a cybercrime patrol unit found a video of the suspect having sexual intercourse with the girl. Moreover, the footage showed another girl under the age of 18, who appeared in several similar videos in Hijiki’s possession.
Police said Hijiki has admitted to having sex with minors and they are questioning him about whether he sold the videos for profit.
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foreignbrotherhoodarmy
Will the girls be charged too? They accepted money for sexual acts, entirely willful.
Hiro
What a idiot to leave evidence behind. Never upload video's on net. But is interesting to see that at least the cybercrime patrol unit is doing a good job.
rcch
Here we go again. Same old discussion.
They too young to know what the h-ll they’re doing and the consequences and real meaning of their actions. This is exactly why these creeps try to abuse them. Instead of protecting and educating them, they’re abusing them.
Takara
rcch
they already know how to sell themselves for money. No victim here. They may be seen not adult yet because of Japanese law but at that particular age 17/18 you already know what's going on.
TrevorPeace
@Takara, you speak the truth. I was 17 in 1971, and sex was rampant. Things have not changed. In fact, the Internet and all its porn have only made it more common. Young people and raging hormones. Go figure.
Michael Machida
I wonder, was Kensuke Hikiji, a company employee from Tokyo’s Akishima City drunk at the time? Not that it matters. However this is the excuse that is used often to explain their illegal activities.
Concerned Citizen
A person's awareness of their actions and degree of responsibility for them gradually increases with age from early childhood on. It cannot be said that 17 year olds have no awareness but the day they turn 18 or 20 they've suddenly developed full adult awareness and accompanying responsibility.
The man obviously needs punishment. The girl in question also needs some discipline (That's what juvenile courts are for) and mentoring and guidance in order to lead a happy and productive life.
Concerned Citizen
I wrote my previous post assuming the girl entered the arrangement willingly and was not trafficked or coerced in any way.
rcch
The people that say that “ these girls already know what they’re doing “... what would they say if it happened to their daughters...
Speed
I couldn't care less about this "crime". 35 and 18(17). Whatever.
Kevin
The age of consent in Japan is 20 years old. Everyone knows it, those are the rules.
sir_bentley28
Unless they found a video of himself on his computer, its all understandable. But online......nah.
pudus
He "paid the girl 30,000 yen in cash in exchange for sexual services with an 18-year-old female high school student"
wow...
starpunk
35 years old, he certainly is old enough to know better.
Joe Blow
Nice try, but what you really mean is "what would they say if their daughters did this?" And the answer is I'd punish her worse than the courts would.
Mocheake
rcchToday 08:22 am JST
Here we go again. Same old discussion.
So, let's see...she went to this big building called a hotel of (as I am understanding) her own volition but didn't know the building's purpose? She was given some paper things with a man's face on it but didn't know it was money and the guy forced it on her. She took off those things she was wearing and did some sexual acts but didn't know she was doing that. Sure.
There was an article on JT last week talking about high schoolers having more sex during the pandemic and girls getting pregnant and having STDs, etc. Are those girls being "abused?" This guy didn't use or abuse her according to the article and she put herself in that situation willingly. The only thing here is that he is an adult who paid a minor for sex. Had she been doing it with an also-underaged high school boy (or girl), and even gotten some money, this wouldn't be a story.
girl_in_tokyo
Let's count the number of men who put the blame on the teenage girl in order to absolve the adult male, who is the actual adult in the situation, of blame:
one:
two:
three:
I'm sure there will be more. This site is rife with men who seemingly think it's all right for older, more experienced adults to take advantage of young girls and young women who don't yet have the maturity or life experience to really understand the implications of sex work.
Sex work is work: but it's work for adult women. Adult men who solicit sex from teen girls are in the wrong, period.
As someone else mentioned, the actions of the young women also need to be addressed, but in an age-appropriate way that does not include slut-shaming her and blaming her for her own victimization.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I see adult men attempting to justify teenage prostitution it just makes me sick. It also makes me suspect them - thou dost protest too much, sir.
Jimizo
There is no easy answer to the question of when someone is mature enough to get involved in the sex industry, but this girl was underage according to the law. Punish him severely.
Oh, and legalise prostitution and tax it. It wouldn’t solve all the problems with this industry but it probably would have a beneficial effect for those involved in it.
Sven Asai
High school? Then it’s only studying for entrance examination, literally.
DOEL HARRY
Having sex with an underage girl is a BIG...No...No...It's a stupid thing to do.. But why record yourself braking the law while having sex with an underage girl ??? He must have posted it some where if the police cybercrime unit found it - Got Cha .... So Kensuke Hikiji was only in the hotel room for two hours, Talk about QUICK on the DRAW why not make it an all night-er if your paying for it make it last....Because your gonna pay for it twice - First with money - Then with prison time....Not to mention the loss of your job & probably your family....
Luddite
Creep.
Yubaru
Right, an 18 year old girl, old enough to vote, and choose her leaders, but not old enough to know better about accepting money for sex.
Get your head outta the ground PLEASE!
Yubaru
Age of consent, .... Passed, so she isnt "underage". Educate yourself to the laws here before you talk, makes you look, well, ignorant!
Yubaru
The laws in each prefecture are different, even if the national age of consent is 16, the law in each prefecture takes precedence!
The age of consent in the prefectures ranges from 16 to 18 years, and it is illegal to engage in sexual activities with partners who are below this age unless a parent approves of the romantic relationship. In Tokyo, for example, a person has to be at least 18 years to agree to have any form of sexual relations.
This article title is classic "click bait"
Soliciting and actually having sex, are two different things altogether! And he was arrested on suspicion because of the videos the cops found, and NOT because of any complaint by the young woman in question.
This title is 100% wrong, as he has NOT been arrested for solicitation, he is being detained for suspicion of a crime, "lewd acts for money" and not on a minor either, as she is past the age of consent!
Yubaru
The national age of consent in Japan is 13!
https://www.ageofconsent.net/world/japan
Toshihiro
It really amazes me that a person reaching a certain age would be eligible to a lot of things without even considering their actual mental and emotional capacity. I've seen 16 year old kids act as mature as full grown adults and full grown adults being as responsible and mature as middle schoolers. I'm not condoning the guy here. if two minors did the deed with consent, it's ok and if two consenting adults did it, it's also okay, but if one is a minor and the other is an adult, the whole world goes wild. That 17 year old girl is probably smart enough (or maybe not) to learn by herself the meaning of this "act" that she did. If she was forced o coerced to do so, that's a different matter.
Jonathan Prin
Next time, I don't pay and keep my videos for myself. Case closed ;) (irony off).
I have two daughters and educating them not to gain money with their bodies that way. Especially if for buying totally unecessary stuff.
If it happens, then what can you do ? Beat them with a stick ? Encage them ? No, you can just educate them better.
One my daughter has a mental problem actually that makes her unwilling to go to school, or with heavy reluctance. Nothing in the world will change her mind outside help, understanding and patience (we tried everything else on Earth).
Same here.
And if protected and with consent, sex is good for health. We are made to have sex if you did not know.
Jonathan Prin
But selling videos is a heavy crime indeed. He must be heavily fined and girl get damages.
iradickle
Lol, so she doubles her money?
Trapped
But surely her name is in the credits. Have they paid their dues to the actor's union?
commanteer
That's not a mental problem; it's probably just good sense. Schools for the most part are awful places for kids. Maybe she is just brave enough to refuse to play along, or clear-sighted enough to not be able to stand it.
Let her be who she is. We have a similar issue. After looking into it, I realized that some of those most successful people I met with missed a lot of school or got around it entirely. Schools destroy the brightest to nurture mediocrity.
girl_in_tokyo
YubaruToday 02:51 pm JST
I guess you missed the part of the article where it said the encounter took place when she was 17.
Also, being 18 doesn't make a girl ready for sex work, and a grown adult man should be having relationships with women his own age - men who seek out girls who are significantly younger then they are to pay them for sex have major issues with both women and their own sexual maturity.
girl_in_tokyo
ToshihiroToday 04:05 pm JST
No 17 year old girl (or 18 for that matter) really has the maturity or experience to understand the ramifications of sex work.
In fact, even some women who would be considered adults don't really understand what they are getting into, and live to regret it.
As you said, "actual mental and emotional capacity" - by which I assume you mean maturity and ability to understand the consequences of one's actions - vary from person to person.
That is why we have these laws. An age of consent to do sex work has to be determined using both common sense as well as the scientific understanding we have of psychology and biology regarding brain development.
In most countries where sex work is legal, the age of consent is around 20. Personally, I think it should be 25, but the men who make the laws are self-serving perverts who want to make sure they can have young women at their disposal.
rcch
Disappointing and even disgusting to see the amount of people supporting(!!) the pervert and the amount of downvotes to certain comments. No wonder people lose faith in humanity.
Yubaru
Guess you didnt read the age of consent information, in Kanagawa it's 16. So....try again!
Bernard Marx
I'm sure the girl had no idea what she was doing was wrong. LOL!
lostrune2
What a haul! What a haul!
Zaphod
DOEL HARRY
What?? The girl expects to get paid for a quick session, not to spend a whole night with that creep, besides she most likely lives with her parents. Two hours is normal, as that is the typical "Rest" time slot in love hotels.
William Bjornson
If she's mentally old enough, self-hating enough to go out and score market rate tricks with strange men, what exactly might you be capable of doing to 'punish' her? And perhaps a parental 'punishment' mentality is why her self-worth is so low that she would be psychologically available to lascivious 35 year old men for money... should you really consider having children?
Do the hustle
It takes two to tango.
girl_in_tokyo
YubaruJan. 15 08:30 pm JST
Yubaru, are you really trying to make an argument that justifies an adult man having sex with 16 year old girls by saying "it's not illegal"?
Further, are you trying to make an argument that justifies an adult man paying a teen girl for sex by saying "she is of age to consent to sex"?
I really, really think you need to re-think that.
Brian Wheway
@ 30,000 yen for this encounter and ? yen from this and other possible encounters, I hope she has declared her tax returns to the tax office, if not she should be charged with tax evasion.
girl_in_tokyo
Brian Wheway Today 07:49 am JST
You do understand this is utterly irrelevent to the main point of article, don't you?
Some men will grasp onto any scrap, no matter how weak, in an attempt to paint the women as the real villain of the story. The word for that is "misogyny."
girl_in_tokyo
Do the hustleToday 05:45 am JST
It takes only basic common sense and human decency to realize that paying for sex from a teenage girl is morally wrong.
asiafriend
Really! All the men that make the laws are self-serving perverts? No possibility that even one man is not a self-serving pervert? Are you a panoramic artist painting everyone with the same brush? An older man paying for sex with a minor is definitely wrong and should have the book thrown at him. But many women at the age of 20 to 25 (you think the age should be 25) want to make money and they see nothing wrong with this. As long as they are not being forced into such a life (let's say by drug carteIs), it is their choice. Maybe they want the money in order to buy fancy clothes to pretend they are something they are not. But it is still their choice. Who are you to tell adult women what to do with their bodies and wait until the age of 25 before they can decide? Yet, no doubt you think women should not be told what to do with their bodies when it comes to abortion.
girl_in_tokyo
asiafriendToday 06:46 pm JST
I did not say "all the men." Obvious hyperbolic strawman is obvious.
I said absolutely nothing about making prostitution illegal or about telling women what to do with their bodies. If you had read the rest of that post carefully, as well as my other posts, which you should have done before jumping on me like that, you'd note that I said:
and
To be clear, I fully support sex workers and do not judge their choices. All my judgement is on men who mistreat sex workers and look down on them.
FYI, some of my best friends and partners have been sex workers. If you are interested in understanding my views further you're welcome to ask about them.
Trapped
Thank you for the opportunity , Girl_in_Tokyo. So, know of any gender reversal situations that compare to this story?
asiafriend
This is what you wrote: "In most countries where sex work is legal, the age of consent is around 20. Personally, I think it should be 25, but the men who make the laws are self-serving perverts who want to make sure they can have young women at their disposal."
When you wrote "the men who make the laws" is thus implying all of the men who make the laws. If not, why not simply write "some of the men who make the laws..."? It does seem hyperbolic straw woman is obvious.
I never said that you said anything about making prostitution illegal. Read my post, don't just assume things.
Also, I am not interested in your views or about your partners that were sex workers. Don't you think that being a sex worker ultimately influences some (not all) men to go further and try it with teenage girls?
girl_in_tokyo
asiafriendToday 06:58 am JST
I see. You are pretending nuance doesn't exist so that you can pretend you don't know what men I'm referring to, in order to feel justified in picking a fight. Sorry, not taking the bait. I think you know what I meant quite well.
You keep pretending context doesn't exist and that it's not a natural part of human communication to infer meaning. Again, I'm not taking the bait.
If you aren't interested in my views, why are you reading my posts and trying to pick them apart?
Either you are interested and want to know what I think so that we can have a real conversation, or you simply want to pick a fight. I think ti's clear which on this really is, and again - I'm not interested.
DOEL HARRY
YubaruJan. 15 02:51 pm JST
Age of consent, .... Passed, so she isnt "underage". Educate yourself to the laws here before you talk, makes you look, well, ignorant!
You said I look ignorant, THE GIRL was 17 at the time this sexual encounter happened. She was under the age of consent. Her age at the time the police found out does not matter, Her age at the time of the SEX act is what matters
I wrote "Having sex with an underage girl is a BIG...No...No...It's a stupid thing to do" YET you seem to disagree with this. So my question to you is are into little girl who are underage ??
asiafriend
I am not picking a fight with you. This is the victimhood mentality which serves no one well. I am simply pointing out the inconsistencies in your post.
There you go again with your nuance thinking that I am baiting you. You are so wrong. The only bait I throw out is when I go salmon fishing. Are you a salmon?
I read all the posts if it is a topic in which I am interested. If the topic does not interest me, I go to the next topic. If I feel a particular post deserves a comment, then I do so. However, in the topics that I do read and you are posting, it certainly seems that half of the time you are in a battle with men. Hmmm, I wonder why?
sir_bentley28
What if it were his daughter with some older perv?
Zaphod
sir_bentley
The ages here are 17 and 35.... that is not a giant difference, and nowhere does it say anything about perv. And how do you know he has any daughter?
Yes, the girls were under-age, but not dramatically so. And the girls did not complain, so I would save my rightful anger for cases where really something bad happened. How about some nuance.