Hotel Employee Claims Indecent Act Was for Safety Check

On August 8, the Shibuya Police Department announced the arrest of Koji Honda (49), an employee of a love hotel, on suspicion of non-consensual indecent assault. Honda is accused of touching the body of a woman who was sleeping in a guest room at the love hotel in Shibuya where he worked.

 

“The arrest is based on the suspicion that, between 5:30 and 6:50 a.m. on March 25, Honda forcibly touched the chest and genitals of a woman in her 20s who was sleeping in a guest room. The victim checked into the room with a man, but he left the room before the incident occurred.

 

Honda, who worked part-time at the hotel handling front desk and cleaning duties, was alone at the time of the incident. It appears he entered the guest room after confirming that only the man had left. The incident came to light when the woman, realizing she was being touched, called 110 to report the assault.” (Social Affairs Department Reporter)

Honda has denied the allegations, claiming, “I knocked on the door several times to check on her safety. I touched her shoulder but did not touch her lower body.” However, explicit videos of at least five different sleeping female guests were found on his smartphone, and the Shibuya Police Department is investigating the connection.