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<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Repeatedly committing indecent acts on the street</span></h3>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I targeted underage girls because I was sexually aroused by them and also because I thought they wouldn&#8217;t make too much noise if they were underage,&#8221; he said.</span></p>
<p> The 31-year-old man, who had repeatedly molested girls and solicited for daddy&#8217;s children, answered the prosecutor&#8217;s question, <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;What is the reason why you target underage girls?</span></p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> On September 8, &#8217;25, the Chiba Prefectural Police arrested Hayate Moriyama, 31, an unemployed man from Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion of indecency with non-consent. Moriyama touched a 12-year-old junior high school girl, A, several times on her chest as they passed each other on the way home.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The case came to light when Ms. A&#8217;s family consulted the prefectural police, and Moriyama emerged from the investigation of security cameras and other evidence. He admitted to the charges, saying, &#8220;I did it for sexual gratification. Moriyama was a company employee at the time of the incident, but was fired after his arrest.</span></p>
<p> (A reporter from a national newspaper&#8217;s social division). Subsequently, additional crimes were discovered against Ms. B (13 years old at the time), Ms. D (12 years old at the time), and Ms. E (10 years old at the time), and they were repeatedly re-arrested. It was also revealed that they were engaged in so-called &#8220;papa-katsu,&#8221; in which they demanded sexual favors in exchange for money. A reporter from the Social Affairs Department continued, &#8220;We analyzed Moriyama&#8217;s smartphone.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> The prefectural police announced on November 26 that they had found a video of him having sex with a girl and an image of his student ID card in the defendant&#8217;s phone. On November 26, the prefectural police re-arrested Moriyama on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse with Ms. C, a 12-year-old junior high school girl at the time.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On December 8, Moriyama was arrested again on suspicion of public indecency for touching a teenage elementary school girl on the promenade, saying, &#8220;Excuse me,&#8221; while exposing his lower body. Moriyama admitted the charges, but was not charged in this case. Ultimately, there were five victims.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> Moriyama was charged with five counts of indecent assault against the five girls, A-E, violating the Chiba Prefectural Nuisance Prevention Ordinance against A and E, violating the Chiba Prefectural Ordinance against B and D, and violating the Child Pornography Law against C by engaging in non-consensual sexual intercourse and photographing her in a sexual manner.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" They engaged in the acts even while on duty."></div>
<h3><span class="strongInContent">Methods of Indecent Conduct Revealed</span></h3>
<p> On March 19, the second trial of Moriyama was held at the Chiba District Court, and concluded on the same day.</p>
<p> Moriyama entered the court wearing a black top and bottom sweatshirt and was about 170 cm tall. He was slender, with his hair falling over his shoulders and his ears and eyes hidden by his hair, giving him a neutral look and a timid impression.</p>
<p> However, the indictment and the defendant&#8217;s opening statement reveal that even while on duty, he would stop his car and engage in indecent acts with a girl of his choice.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In early September &#8217;25, the defendant was driving a car lent to him by the company he was working for at the time, and upon seeing Ms. A on a sidewalk in Chiba Prefecture, he stopped his car on the street and pursued her while walking quickly. After passing Ms. A, he turned around and touched her breasts several times on her clothes as he passed her.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;In late August &#8217;25, the defendant approached Ms. B, who was leaning against a utility pole on a sidewalk in Chiba Prefecture because she was feeling ill, and asked her, &#8216;Are you all right? When Ms. B replied that she was fine, the defendant touched her breasts on her clothes and left the scene.</span></p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In mid-July &#8217;25, while parking his car in a coin-operated parking lot to visit a business client, the defendant came across a group of elementary school students leaving school. When he found Ms. E, who was away from the group, he approached her and grabbed her breasts from her clothes as he passed her.</span><span class="strongInContent"> (The crime against Ms. E).</span></p>
<p> Moriyama, who repeatedly molested women on the street, also repeatedly solicited women to join a &#8220;papa katsu&#8221; (lovemaking) program.</p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">I&#8217;ll give you 40,000 yen.</span></h3>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In late August &#8217;25, the defendant was looking for a possible daddy&#8217;s boy near a station in Chiba Prefecture when he spotted Ms. C. He showed her a memo app on his cell phone that said, &#8216;Would you like to do papa katsura?</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> A few hours later, the defendant recognized Mr. C again and said, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry about earlier, I&#8217;ll give you 40,000 yen, do you want to go to a hotel?&#8217; He then asked her if she would like to go to a hotel. They engaged in sexual intercourse and took and saved videos on their smartphones.</span></p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In early April &#8217;25, the defendant was looking for someone who would be willing to be a daddy&#8217;s boy when he spotted Ms. D. As he passed behind her, he touched her on the lower half of her body and showed her his phone while saying, &#8216;Excuse me,&#8217; when she turned around. I touched him on the bottom half of his body as I passed behind him, and he turned around in surprise. I asked Mr. D to come over here for a minute, but he did not respond, so I left the scene.</span></p>
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<p> At the trial, a statement from Ms. C&#8217;s mother, who had agreed to do daddy&#8217;s work, was read at the hearing. When she heard about the incident, she was shocked, saying, <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;I never thought it would be my daughter.</span><span class="strongInContent">As a parent, I want to teach her strictly not to do this in the future,&#8221;</span> she said, expressing her anger.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> As a parent, I would like to teach her strictly not to do this in the future,&#8221; he said, expressing his anger. I ask that he be severely punished.</span></p>
<p> Moriyama committed the crimes one after another, regardless of whether he was at work or not. When asked by his defense attorney <span class="strongInContent">why he acted this way</span>, he replied, &#8220;I repeatedly committed indecent acts.</p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">I couldn&#8217;t control myself anymore.&#8221;</span></h3>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I was under a lot of stress at my workplace at the time and lost control. The cause of my stress was human relations and the fact that I was given a job that was different from the one I was hired for.</span></p>
<p> Unable to quit his job, he targeted girls as an outlet for his stress, <span class="strongInContent">stating, &#8220;I believe that my weak will led me to commit this crime because of my sexual desire.</span></p>
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<p> Why did he target only girls? When the prosecutor asked him about this point, he revealed that he had an interest in minors, as mentioned at the beginning of this article, and continued.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I knew that if a minor was sexually victimized, it could traumatize her for the rest of her life. Even so, I couldn&#8217;t stop myself from committing the crime.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He then stated, &#8220;I <span class="strongInContent">can no longer control myself, so I am considering seeing a specialized clinic.</span></p>
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<p> Argumentative arguments were held that day.</p>
<p> The prosecutor asked for <span class="strongInContent">a seven-year</span> sentence <span class="strongInContent">, arguing that &#8220;since each victim was a victim in his or her own neighborhood, the impact on social life cannot be ignored, and the consequences are serious,&#8221; and that &#8220;since he repeatedly targeted young people for indecent acts and solicitation for daddy&#8217;s love, it is evident that he is habitual</span>.</p>
<p> On the other hand, the defense attorney stated, &#8220;We <span class="strongInContent">ask for a lenient sentence&#8221;</span> because <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;he has promised to receive treatment at a specialized medical institution in the future&#8221;</span> and <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;his family can be expected to supervise him.</span></p>
<p> Before his arrest for this crime, Moriyama was arrested and detained on suspicion of indecent assault of a girl around 10 years old. At that time, he was not prosecuted because the victims agreed to settle out of court. This time, however, none of the victims agreed to a settlement <span class="strongInContent">, saying, &#8220;I have absolutely no intention of forgiving them.</span></p>
<p> What will the judiciary make of Moriyama, who <span class="strongInContent">said he was ready to serve his sentence in prison</span>?</p>
<p> The verdict is scheduled to be handed down on April 17.</p>

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 Ryo Nakahira

 The second trial of a 31-year-old former company employee who was indicted for repeatedly committing indecent acts with elementary and junior high school girls and for non-consensual indecency with five girls. The defendant spoke about why he targeted only girls and why he repeatedly committed indecent acts.

Exposing his lower half to elementary school students on the street, soliciting for daddy&#8217;s love&#8230; The &#8220;urge&#8221; that drove a man obsessed with &#8220;girls&#8221; to indecent acts.

Exposing his lower half to elementary school students on the street, soliciting for daddy’s love… The “urge” that drove a man obsessed with “girls” to indecent acts.

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