70-yr-old man held for molesting 17-yr-old high school girl in Saitama

Thursday 08th January, 01:33 PM JST

SAITAMA —

A 70-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for molesting a 17-year-old high school girl in his car in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. Masahira Arai was arrested for allegedly touching the girl’s breasts and kissing her in his car at around 2:20 p.m. on Monday.

According to police, Arai met the girl at a game center and offered to drive her to Kawagoe station. The girl told police that once they were in the car, he told her he would like to have dinner with her and started touching her. The victim got out of the car and reported the man to police later.

Arai has admitted to the allegations and was quoted by police as saying, “I couldn’t resist touching her because she was cute.”

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bamboohat at 09:20 PM JST - 8th January

this guy has a lot of "game" to get a seventeen year old in the car. I'd to know how he managed that, then maybe work a little more slowly once in the car, maybe pull the old out of gas routine. Or forget how to get to the station end up at the love hotel...

a truly inspiring story....
airrunwesker at 09:24 PM JST - 8th January

Saitama!
outofmydepth at 09:30 PM JST - 8th January

now this is just gross.
MeanRingo at 09:39 PM JST - 8th January

This is like the commercial you see when you send away for that Viagra or Cialis home DVD demo. Until the arrest of course.

Old Perv: I got a little piece of candy for you, but it's in my car. How would you like to go a have a piece? I'd sure like to tear one off. I'll even drive you... somewhere.

Young Stupid Girl: OK, but I should be in school right now. You won't tell anyone will you?

OP: Well now we're talking. I won't tell if you won't tell. te he.
LFRAgain at 12:02 AM JST - 9th January

Pathatt,

"The daily dose of this kind of news that we get on JT shows how degenerate the country of Japan truly is."

It's probably more accurate to say that this shows how easily a news site can shape readers' opinions by tailoring content to elicit a specific response, e.g., "Japan's a cesspool of perverts," - Not unlike the path taken by the Daily Mainichi online English site before editors finally got wise.

Alongside the old newsman adage, "If it bleeds, it leads," is its close cousin, "Sex sells." That's all that's at work here.

The truth is that the vast majority of Japanese are no more degenerate than you or I. Perhaps even less so, I'd wager. ;-)

But the old guy in this story's definitely got me beat for sheer idiocy. The girl's not too bright for taking a ride from a stranger, but then again, how many of us would seriously expect a man old enough to be this girl's GREAT grandfather to feel us up in the front seat?
Dogdog at 01:38 AM JST - 9th January

Cross-check with a proper Japanese daily newspaper for balance

Can you read Japanese? They might not be in the Daily Yomi or J Times, but every story that comes up on Japan Today is in the 'real' Japanese press the same day or the next day.

Japan has a lot of women hating pervos walking and functioning on a daily basis. 70 years old, heck, I'm 48 and having problems getting it up. This ,like the numerous chikan episodes, are all about showing the beetches where the real power lies in this country
ca1ic0cat at 02:18 AM JST - 9th January

I can't imagine a 17 y/o being interested in a 70 y/o for any reason other than money. But I can't imagine a 70 y/o having enough testosterone to care.

Whole thing sounds strange....
NYC_Samurai at 03:57 AM JST - 9th January

Rough day to be 17 in Japan.

-17-year-old high school girl molested by 70 year old.

-17-year-old student arrested for stabbing his father.

-17-year-old girl molested by Ministry of Defense employee.
USARonin at 04:27 AM JST - 9th January

What interested us at 18, still interests us in later life.

-No need to over-analyze this. Occam's Razor.
some14some at 07:06 AM JST - 9th January

70/17, child's act, childish play, no serious punishment in Japan.
bcbrownboy at 08:37 AM JST - 9th January

With the titillation level on this story, it should move to the entertainment section.
whyamiinjapan at 09:51 AM JST - 9th January

Too bad this isn't the 1970s.

But why did she get in the car in the first place? Maybe she thought she would get some MUNNY! Anyway, "because she was cute" . . . Men, if we used that reason for touching girls our hands would be full.
Molenir at 04:23 PM JST - 9th January

Thought was probably, I need to go to station, old guy offers her a ride. She looks him over, sees hes very old thinks, he looks harmless, won't try anything with me...

There ya go. Most likely reason she got into his car, he looked old and seemed harmless.
EmmaKellyJapan at 04:31 PM JST - 9th January

I think the average 17 year old wouldn't imagine a 70 year old could even get it up. Maybe she thought he was a friendly grandfather type and she wanted a free ride home.
pizzaboy at 07:54 PM JST - 9th January

"When I was 17, it was a very good year..." -Sinatra