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Man accused of blackmailing, sexually assaulting high school girl met via papakatsu
['Tokyo Reporter Staff', 'Kenji Nakano', 'Mieko Shimizu', 'Tokyo Reporter Staff On July', 'July']
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Man accused of blackmailing, sexually assaulting high school girl met via papakatsuOSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have served a fresh arrest warrant on a 44-year-old unemployed man for allegedly extorting and sexually assaulting a high school girl engaged in compensated dating, or papakatsu.
Met via social mediaAccording to the Sonezaki Police Station, Hashimoto met the teenage victim via social media in August 2025.
He later sent her threatening messages, demanding, “If you don’t meet me, I’ll tell your parents and your school.”
He then allegedly forced the girl into a hotel where he sexually assaulted her and filmed the act.
Upon confiscating Hashimoto’s smartphone, police discovered photo and video data of more than a dozen other women.