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Tokyo Reported
2 days ago
- Tokyo Reported
Saitama woman, yakuza suspected of forcing runaway girl, 14, into prostitution
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a woman living in Saitama Prefecture and a member of a criminal syndicate for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old runaway girl into prostitution last year, reports the Sankei Shimbun (June 9). On two occasions between December 23 and 28, Chihiro Fushimi, 32, and Masaru Minowa, a 33-year-old member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, are alleged to have forced the girl to engage in lewd acts with a man at a hotel in Saitama. Upon their arrests on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act and the Anti-Prostitution Law, the suspects admitted to the allegations. 'I made her do it to earn money,' and Minowa said. At the time, the girl was a third-year middle school student. Last November, Fushimi met the girl on a social-networking site. Chihiro Fushimi, left, and Masaru Minowa When the suspect found out that the girl had run away from home, she invited her to live at her residence in Kasukabe City. She then encouraged the girl to engage in prostitution. Minowa is an acquaintance of Fushimi. Together, they posed as the girl online to recruit customers interested in arrangements known as papakatsu , or compensated dating. The suspects drove the girl to met the men contacted online. Fushima and Minowa collected 120,000 yen from the girl's customers. The girl stayed at Fushimi's house for six days. She then returned to her parents. The incident came to light when her parents filed a missing persons report. Police have also sent documents on the pair to prosecutions on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse.
Time Out
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This midtown brunch will let you and your besties live out your podcast dreams
Do you remember the days when you could head to the mall with your BFFs, record a music video and take it home on a VHS tape? If you do, I likely just gave you a blast from the past. (If this didn't ring any bells, I have to assume your birthday is after 1990.) While galivanting to the mall to record music videos are out, heading to a restaurant to record a podcast is apparently in. Yes, a Times Square restaurant is inviting you and your crew to shoot your own podcast each and every weekend. Even better, brunch is involved. Hosted at Fushimi, the Japanese lounge and eatery invites you to dine and dish, literally. Held every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm, the restaurant is hosting the dual event: Bestie Brunch and Podcast and Dine. Naturally, the weekend event starts with brunch. Priced at $39 per person, the prix-fixe menu starts with a choice of appetizer: a seafood bisque or an avocado cucumber salad. As for the second course, guests can choose from the kitchen or the sushi bar. Kitchen entrees include Grilled Salmon, Ribeye Steak and a whole Branzino, while sushi and nigiri sets are available at the sushi bar, as are rolls with rock shrimp tempura and spicy tuna. Mimosas, Bellinis and Sangrias are priced at $8, or you can go unlimited for $40 more. Once you and all of your crew are properly full and lightly buzzed, now is the time to record. Converting a portion of the bar and lounge into a podcast nook, up to four people can make the podcast of their dreams. Backed by professional-grade equipment, Fushimi's set up includes access to microphones, HD cameras and a RodeCast mixer. Completely new to the podcast game? An equipment manager will be onsite to guide up-and-coming personalities through the process. Each group will leave with a 10-minute edited video, plus video clips ready to be blasted on social media.
