Aided by sleeping pills and social media, ex-Osaka teacher raped ‘more than 300’ men
By Roland Shichijo on March 13, 2021
OSAKA (TR) – By the time Osaka police arrested Takahiro Hojo, 42, on suspicion of rape last year, investigators had used photographs seized in his residence in Osaka City to estimate that the number of victims in the case exceeded 100.
During his trial, Hojo said that the actual figure
far exceeded 100. “The number of victims was more than 300,” he told the Osaka District Court.
On February 18, the court handed Hojo a 20-year prison term over the drugging and raping of 10 confirmed male victims over a two-year period ending in March 2019, according to the
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A Japanese court rejected a request to suspend two nuclear reactors operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Friday, a day after the country marked the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
Plaintiffs including local residents had demanded that the utility halt operation of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, amid safety concerns.
Plaintiffs also lost in a separate case seeking to have the government s approval of operating the Genkai plant reactors revoked. Both rulings were handed down by the Saga District Court.