Ex-Shiga town councillor not prosecuted for exposing self in coffee shop
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By Tokyo Reporter Staff
On March 24, a total of 23 staff members from the ministry gathered at a restaurant in Ginza
Ex-Shiga town councillor not prosecuted for exposing self in coffee shop
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 21, 2021
On February 25, Kazutoshi Kitagawa, 65, allegedly unzipped his pants and revealed his lower body to the 69-year-old woman while he was seated in a chair in the
kissaten coffee shop.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating a prefectural public nuisance ordinance, Kitagawa admitted to the allegations. “After opening a magazine and seeing a naked woman, I became excited,” he told police.
Ex-Alpen chairman not prosecuted after alleged sexual assault of woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 24, 2021
Over a 45-minute period on the afternoon on November 29, Taizo Mizuno, then the Alpen chairman, allegedly jumped atop the woman, 42, and choked her inside a room in the hotel in Naka Ward.
Mizuno, 72, also allegedly fondled her body and stole the woman’s driver’s license and 100,000 yen in cash. The woman suffered injuries that required three weeks to heal, police said previously.
“We got into a scuffle during an argument,” Mizuno said upon his arrest on February 10 in denying the allegations. “But I didn’t assault her, and I didn’t do anything obscene. I also didn’t steal any money.”