A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen (US$6,500) for forcing a 12-year-old Thai girl to provide sexual services at his private-room massage parlour in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court found Masayuki Hosono guilty of violating the child welfare law, saying the owner of the establishment had created a disorderly workplace environment and failed to verify the girl’s age. Prosecutors had sought a six-year prison term and a 2...
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September 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Japan jails man for forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work
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