63-yr-old man sent to prosecutors for confining high school girl

Sunday 19th October, 05:01 PM JST

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kavikahi at 02:42 AM JST - 20th October

Wonder why he selected this particular young woman?

Physical violence, death threat, kidnapping. Not a bright future.
slappayuki at 06:26 AM JST - 20th October

There is no proof against the man whatsoever.

Westerners love to project what they think is wrong about Japan on people who are arrested for crimes that are never convicted.
fatloser at 06:42 AM JST - 20th October

HAW-HAW, there ain't no prrof against this oldster!! The coppers knocked on his door and a bloody girl ran out. I guess she was clean'n his pipes and bumped her head. That funny phone call wasn't a ransome it was just her cuss'n!!
bamboohat at 08:35 AM JST - 20th October

Well, its good to see the old boy is not saying a peep. Sure the cops look tough and all when they can sweat a confession out of somebody. Lets see them build a case with Mr. Abacus keeping silent. See what the courts do with a he says/she says case.
memyselfI at 08:53 AM JST - 20th October

He is mentally disturbed, now the girl will fear old Japanese men for life. I hope the girl will get psychiatric care.
beowulf at 10:17 AM JST - 20th October

If Mr Ichikawa really did confine this young woman then I hope they throw the everything at him. But there have been quite a few cases in Japan where teenagers have tried to extort money from the elderly, so I am not ready to jump to conclusions to quickly on this one.
rezzoro at 11:19 AM JST - 20th October

I wonder if the girl dressed inappropriately causing this old guy to lose his mind and turn to lust. Then after ravaging and having self glorification, he came to senses and decided to make some money while at it?
romulus3 at 12:19 PM JST - 20th October

maybe she was behind in lesson payments. 3 million behind.
LFRAgain at 12:49 PM JST - 20th October

slappayuki,

Granted, there hasn't exactly been a confession, much less a trial, but your claim of no proof is a bit exaggerated. The girl fled from the man's home when the police were sent to investigate based on the ransom demand sent from HIS phone to the girl's mother. While not conclusive evidence, it certainly constitutes circumstantial evidence.

I'm not sure where anyone is getting a "hentai" vibe from this story. It seems the old guy slapped the girl around a bit to keep her confined while he made his ransom demands. Sounds like a purely money-motivated (alleged) crime.
Hoolie at 01:34 PM JST - 20th October

Reading the Japanese news on this incident, the girl was found by police in Ichikawa's house, rolled up in a futon which was tied shut with rope/cord, and with extensive facial bruising.
MikeBarrymore at 01:41 PM JST - 20th October

He'sa dirty old bugger. Throw the book at him, he either evil, mad or senile. whatever he is, he is a danger.

Keep the horrid man away from innocents forver.
dennis0bauer at 03:28 PM JST - 20th October

Maybe he was angry that she did not comply like in those adult manga/anime/movies.
CavemanLawyer at 03:45 PM JST - 20th October

While I am not sure that the man had a sexual fixation on high schools, I have a lot of evidence that some posters do.

For one minute of your lives, but your fixation aside and imagine that the geezer really just wanted money. --Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 03:46 PM JST - 20th October

While I am not sure that the man had a sexual fixation on high schools

Make that high schoolers. --Cirroc
Eizenhauer at 11:52 PM JST - 21st October

Death sentence!