A 66-year-old security guard took advantage of a blind spot in a “mecca for the subculture” to take a boy into the restroom… using a game medal as bait in his sneaky tactics.

A child is lured by saying, “I’ll give you a medal.

In April 2012, a child was the victim of a sexual assault at “Nakano Broadway,” which is known as the “sacred land of subculture.

Nakano Broadway is located at the end of the arcade street outside the north exit of JR Nakano Station (Nakano Ward, Tokyo). It was Japan’s first shopping center and housing complex, and opened in 1966. It was opened in 1966, and is home to a high concentration of used manga bookstores and specialty stores selling trading cards and anime-related products, and has been called a “mecca” for otaku and subculture culture since the bursting of the bubble economy in the 1990s.

On November 5, the Tokyo District Court held the first trial of Mitsuru Terao (66, 65 at the time of his arrest), who is accused of sexual assault, including touching the lower half of a boy’s body, in a restroom in one of these shops.

Terao appeared in court wearing a rather large suit that did not fit his slender body. He looked nervous, but his thinning hair, glasses, and aged appearance gave the impression of a good-natured old man. However, he had committed a despicable crime that could not be imagined from his appearance.

According to the indictment, Terao was at a game center in “Nakano Broadway” in April 1949,

Terao then told the boy, “I’ll give you a medal if you let me touch your pubic area.

When they were alone, Terao took the boy (12 years old at the time of the incident) into the bathroom, told him “I’ll give you 10,000 yen,” and engaged in oral sex with him for 25 minutes, after which he gave her 10,000 yen in cash.

Terao walked slowly to the witness stand and admitted to the prosecution that there was “no doubt” about the indictment read to him by the prosecution.

Nakano Broadway Blind Spot

The boy purchased Pokemon cards worth approximately 9,000 yen with the 10,000 yen he received. However, he later talked to his friend about it. Later that day, he confided in his mother and the incident was discovered.

Terao denied the charges at the time of his arrest, but his DNA was found in the boy’s underwear submitted by his mother. The security camera in the store recorded the defendant talking to several boys in addition to the victim child.

The defendant was found to be a child in the store. “Nakano Broadway is a small space with many stores crammed into it, and the corridors outside of the main street are so convoluted and winding that it is difficult to know where you are,” said the defendant, “so I was told that I had to go to the store to find the child. Terao may have chosen the location of the crime because it is relatively easy for children to gather and the building’s structure makes it easy to create blind spots.

On November 6, a man in his 30s was suddenly beaten by an unknown man and robbed of the ring he was wearing as he came out of the restroom in the same facility. It seems that immediate countermeasures are needed, such as increasing the number of security cameras and placing security guards especially in areas where many children enter and leave the building.

In this case, the child confided in the police on the day of the incident, and DNA was found on his underwear, which led to his early arrest.

The child who was sexually assaulted may not have understood the gravity of the situation at first. The perpetrator is luring the child’s mind and committing a criminal act. The child may not understand at the time, but as he or she grows up, he or she may understand and suffer later. This is why psychological care by a specialist is important” (counselor).

According to his opening statement, Terao worked as a security guard and lived with his wife and daughter. On the other hand, he had a previous conviction for indecent assault in 1978 when he was in his 20s, meaning that 46 years later he has once again committed a crime. The reason why the number of sex crimes against children has not decreased is that criminals like this are still hiding out.