Shizuoka woman held for prostituting 15-yr-old daughter to 71-yr-old ex-husband

Thursday 23rd April, 08:42 AM JST

SHIZUOKA —

A 55-year-old woman was arrested under child prostitution and child pornography laws on Wednesday, accused of forcing her 15-year-old daughter to engage in indecent behavior with her ex-husband – a 71-year-old man she was married to after she got divorced from her original husband with whom she had the girl.

Police accuse the woman, a part-time employee, of taking her daughter to her second ex-husband’s house in Shizuoka City in June last year, forcing her to engage in indecent behavior. Police said the woman received about 20,000 yen from him and gave her daughter about 10,000 yen from that.

Police said the case came to light when the man went to the Shizuoka Central police station and confessed last month. They said they intend to a pursue charge against him also under child prostitution and child pornography laws. The girl told police her mother forced her to do it, and the woman has admitted to the allegation, telling police she needed money.

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sharky1 at 05:29 PM JST - 23rd April

I don't think that there is a word to describe this type of act. Disgusting is a good description though.
elbudamexicano at 05:56 PM JST - 23rd April

This is 1 sick and twisted woman! I wonder if her mother or grandmother etc..did the same to her too?? Poor 15 year old with a 71 year old scum bug?? Just disgusting!!! PUKE!!!
bushlover at 08:01 PM JST - 23rd April

That's just sick. Good on ya Mom. Daughter get some independent thought going too.
ca1ic0cat at 08:36 PM JST - 23rd April

This is warped on both ends of the age range. Guess there are two who should be going to jail. I wonder what happens to the girl? Who will take care of her?
womanforwomen at 09:34 PM JST - 23rd April

not really hate them, but feel sorry for them. Look what they are doing unto themselves, their children and families. Read Crime section of JT for the past two days. What is happening to their moral standards. i think someone should start some fashion thing with some holy writings for name sake atleast.And all Js would follow that.
usaexpat at 11:46 PM JST - 23rd April

Ok lets start by saying it's a sick case but why in hell would the ex-husband just go in and freely confess? I don't quite buy that the mother was able to force the girl into this, my guess is the correct translation would be coerce.
Ultrashaman at 02:17 AM JST - 24th April

not really hate them, but feel sorry for them. Look what they are doing unto themselves, their children and families. Read Crime section of JT for the past two days. What is happening to their moral standards. i think someone should start some fashion thing with some holy writings for name sake atleast.And all Js would follow that.

The Japanese majority does not approve of this. The people you read about in these articles are criminals, not an appropriate representation for an entire nation.
LIBERTAS at 04:35 AM JST - 24th April

Japanese criminal law has only 2 provisions: (1) Do whatever you want. (2) Don't get caught. She broke No. 2. Caution: Be Careful!
likeitis at 03:39 PM JST - 24th April

I predict a suspended sentence and a comment by the judge on how such a "genki" 71 year old is hope for the future of Japan!
womanforwomen at 08:08 PM JST - 27th April

If the J majority does not approve this then why such incidents are rampant? No point just saying that you do not approve the acts of these criminals who are only a minority of the J population. Do something about it. Take this as a case in point and make people aware the consequences of such an act. First of all, the majority population can encourage everyone to seek help in matters like this.
likeitis at 08:58 PM JST - 27th April

If the J majority does not approve this then why such incidents are rampant?

Prove it. Not to us, because the mod will not allow it, but I think you have no good basis for thinking this "rampant" in Japan and Japan alone.

Do something about it.

What would you like to see done? I do not think instilling the desire in people to TURN THEMSELVES IN can fairly be termed "doing nothing". You?

First of all, the majority population can encourage everyone to seek help in matters like this.

There are posters at schools that do just that. In a general sense mind you, and not clearly after being forced to prostitute by mom. That would be...excessive.
womanforwomen at 08:08 AM JST - 28th April

Prove it. Not to us, because the mod will not allow it, but I think you have no good basis for thinking this "rampant" in Japan and Japan alone.

Basis for thinking- read JT news, watch NHK news, read Seicho Matsumoto and talk to Japanese freinds. Someone has instilled in their minds that when you have problems, one can do anything like killing, stealing or lying but never beg.Asking for help is losing your pride, self-respect or dignity.

So rather than ask friends, immediate family or neighbours for help, the woman sought to find money using her daughters body.I love it when people dress up, look nice, etc but just imagine the amount of money and time people here give towards vanity. Most certainly, that is going to take its toll at some point in their lives. This is the result. So people should be made aware of this. Read After school notes by ...Yamada: tells very clearly the thinking of the young ones about beauty, love, prostitution, values..
likeitis at 05:19 PM JST - 28th April

womanforwomen: Basis for thinking- read JT news, watch NHK news, read Seicho Matsumoto and talk to Japanese freinds.

Dear God! Its worse than I thought. This is a nice list of ways to completely NOT get a proper handle on the big picture. A pile of individual incidents in a country of 127,000,000 people is not enough to declare anything "rampant". And neither JT nor NHK feels it has any responsibility to clue you in as to the big picture. All they care about is getting you to read or watch, and all news is hand picked to do just that.
Michiko3 at 02:12 AM JST - 30th April

Wow I can't imagine pimping out my own daughter. As if life is not hard enough being a teenager.
jeffkoinu2009 at 03:14 AM JST - 30th April

I'm at aww about the age difference of the adults kinda leads one to think since it's 16 years though maybe I'm wrong