Police in Kumamoto City have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old high school girl after getting her drunk.
According to police, the suspect, Shinya Tsukamoto, works as a manager for a talent agency situated in Kumamoto’s City Higashi Ward. Fuji TV reported that the alleged sexual assault occurred at a business hotel at around 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Police said Tsukamoto was with the girl, who resides outside of Kumamoto Prefecture, at an event on Saturday evening. Afterwards, he is accused of giving her alcohol and getting her intoxicated and then took her to the hotel where the allegedly assaulted her.
Police said Tsukamoto has acknowledged the allegation against him but continues to deny that he deliberately planned the act.
© Japan Today
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since1981
Why is it not necessary to require parent's consent when a MINOR attends such (seemingly adult) events. (where alcohol is being served)?
Giveme_abreak
There are no details to where did that pervert took her for a drink but there should be an ID checking for such establishments, yes/no?
That girl needs some serious "parenting" to never accepts any alcohol from a grown man who she doesn't really know. When it doesn't seem right, walk away.
Disillusioned
"He works as a manager for a talent agency" , which translates to, scumbag! I'll be she's not the first girl he's got drunk and assaulted either. Good for her for speaking up. However, what did she think was going to happen when she went to a hotel with him?
Tony Alexander
How did he get her drunk and how did he lure her to the hotel?
Jalapeno
Feel sorry for her, but in this "talent" industry, chances are high it would have happened sooner or later, with or without alcohol.
mtuffizi
sicko! why hotel personnel let her in? can't tell she is drunk and underage?
Myhumbletake
All his friends knew he was that type of guy. When the news broke out they said "やっぱり". The young girls especially those in remote cities desire to become idols and many wolves in sheep cloths invest in these events to lure them.
Bintaro
Poor girl...
This business is rotten.
So what ?
Kobe White Bar Owner
This is one of the reasons my daughter will not being growing up in Japan.
taj
Kobe, you can raise your daughter here without encouraging or allowing her to join a talent agency. Also, having grown up outside Japan I can guarantee that Japan is not the only place in the world where creepy men prey on young women with dreams.
Kobe White Bar Owner
@taj
Yes you are right.
FabiusLips
Why stop there? The society itself is rotten, and broken. Nobody wants to talk about these things, so they don't exist. Can't fix a runny sink if you can't hear the water drip, right?
DelBoyTrotter
This guy is obviously a scumbag, but bear in mind that a lot of teenage girls aren't as innocent as their parents would like to believe either. We all were teens once, so we know what's on their mind.
juminRhee
Since1981:
"Why is it not necessary to require parent's consent when a MINOR attends such (seemingly adult) events. (where alcohol is being served)?"
Like Pizza Hut (they serve alcohol there too)?
Suzanne Starr
People here are placing quite a bit of blame on a 16 year old minor.
Lovespam
Did he "assaulted" her or raped her ? that sounds quite different...
Bintaro
@Lovespam
Sexual assault is a sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or non-consensual sexual touching of a person. Sexual assault is a form of sexual violence, and it includes rape.
From Wikipedia.