The “indecent dentist” who poisoned a minor while examining him committed a “dastardly crime.

The defendant was tricked into believing that the crime was part of a medical examination.

The words “for medical treatment” were a cunning trap to violate the patient.

On March 19, the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office charged Takayuki Harada, 49, a dentist in Kojika, Shizuoka City, with indecent assault of a girl under the age of 18, violation of the Law for Punishing Sexual Photography, and violation of the Child Pornography Prohibition Law (manufacturing). ）を静岡地裁に起訴した。

The indictment submitted to the Shizuoka District Court reveals that the defendant, who is a dentist, took full advantage of his position to commit the crimes in a premeditated and persistent manner.

On January 25, ’26, shortly after 10:00 a.m., defendant Harada had the victim, a woman who had come to his clinic for orthodontic treatment, lie on the examination table as usual. The defendant’s actions there were far from the purpose of medical treatment. He placed a towel over the patient’s face, completely depriving her of vision, and made her believe that the act, which was not necessary for treatment at all, was ‘part of the medical examination.

The same reporter continues with the indictment.

The defendant lied to the victim by explaining that he had to move his tongue for medical treatment, leading her to believe that it was not an indecent act. The indictment clearly describes the manner in which the defendant then went to unbelievable lengths to have the victim lick his genitals. Moreover, the defendant secretly recorded these acts. The second count clearly states that the defendant knew that the victim was under 18 years of age, but secretly filmed the act with a smartphone and saved the video data. This was found to constitute the production of child pornography, and in addition to the crime of non-consensual obscenity, she was charged with two serious crimes: violation of the Act on Punishment of Taking Photographs of Sexual Desire, etc., and violation of the Act on the Prohibition of Child Pornography.

This is the second time that Harada has been indicted for indecent assault against a female patient in her twenties, for which he has already been charged.

A reporter for a local newspaper explained the contents of the indictment as follows.

A reporter for a local newspaper explained, “The authorities have arrested and sent him to prosecutors three times so far. The first and second times were charges of indecent assault, in which the defendant persistently targeted the same woman in her twenties (victim A). The situation was set in motion when Ms. A confided in her family about the “unbearable discomfort” she was feeling during the medical examination. The family immediately rushed to the police, saying, “It seems that our daughter has been the victim of indecent assault under the guise of medical treatment. In both cases, the method was the same, targeting times when there were no staff in the hospital, and it is highly suspected that the defendant himself carefully created the “private and secluded room” for himself.

How was this “dentist” who was to be tried in court viewed by those around him in the past?

A brilliant man from a prominent local family.

Harada also held the important position of director of the local dental association. The executive of the Shizuoka City Dental Association expressed his strong indignation and apology to this website for the betrayal of a man who was in a position to represent the association.

Mr. Harada had served on the board of directors of the association from three years ago until February of this year. In this post, which is elected by the general membership meeting, he was in charge of coordinating infant health checkups, working with the Dental Center for the Disabled, and other duties of a very public nature. His attitude at the association can be summed up in one word: “honest” itself. He was trusted by the administration and his track record was impeccable. That is why I still have a strong feeling of disbelief.”

However, what this executive considers most important is the fact that the defendant knew full well that he had broken the “taboo against going into a closed room.

For dentists, ‘never be alone with a patient in a closed room’ is an ironclad rule that is drilled into their bones from the first step of their training,” he said. It is for the protection of the patient and at the same time a shield for our own protection. There is no way that he, in his important position as a board member, could have been blind to this basic of basics. Knowing this, he poisoned an unresisting patient. As a dentist, I cannot condone this.

The administrative side is also being pressed to respond to the situation. The city’s board of examiners, of which the defendant was a member, said, “We asked them to evaluate him as a specialist,

“As an expert in the field of dentistry, it is extremely regrettable.

The city’s board of review, of which the defendant was a member, said that it was “extremely regrettable,” and immediately after becoming aware of the case, it was hurrying up the dismissal procedures.

Local residents who know the defendant’s background have also expressed surprise and disappointment. When we interviewed a woman who was a classmate of the defendant’s in elementary school, she remembered the defendant as a “brilliant student from a prominent local family.

She said, “He was always a calm child who didn’t stand out but could study well. Her family was a famous landowner in the area, and her father was also a prominent man. He grew up in a wealthy family and went to a prestigious private school from junior high school. Recently, he was driving a luxury foreign car and seemed to be doing quite well. ……

A woman who works at a store near the clinic testified to her sense of discomfort.

It was around this time last year,” she said. I often saw people going into the clinic on Sundays and Wednesdays when it was supposed to be closed. In hindsight, they were all young women. Since I was also in charge of health checkups at elementary schools, I think they were calling in on holidays when the staff was not available, giving some reason for having cavities or something. …… Just remembering that scene now is truly lurid.”

Currently, a heavy silence is hovering around Harada’s home. Neighbors are tight-lipped, saying they don’t want to get involved and that there is nothing they can talk about.

Harada has turned the knowledge and trust of dentists into “tools of greed,” and has defiled the sanctuary of the examination room. In court, the dignity of the victims who were trampled upon and the weight of the medical ethics that have been lost will be tested. What kind of judgment will the judiciary bring against this despicable betrayal? ……