In the shadow of the "Driver fined for smoking in lorry" thread, we bring you ...
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Man arrested for buying junior high schoolgirl's panties
ISHIOKA, Ibaraki -- A man has earned the dubious honor of being the first person arrested for breaking an Ibaraki Prefectural Government ordinance outlawing minors from selling their underpants, police said.
Kenji Tomita, 46, a part-time worker from Ishioka, has been sent to the Ashikaga Local Public Prosecutors Office for breaking the Ibaraki Prefectural Government's ordinance aimed at providing a wholesome upbringing for youth.
Tomita admits to the allegations.
Tomita was the first person to be arrested under a clause of the ordinance that outlaws the practice of minors under 18 from removing their underwear and selling it.
Police said Tomita paid 10,000 yen in cash to a 14-year-old junior high schoolgirl he met through a mobile phone matchmaking site in exchange for her giving him two pairs of her panties at a hotel in southern Ibaraki Prefecture.
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This is from The Mainichi Daily News, a major Japanese paper. See
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news...na033000c.html
10,000 yen is about US $85.
Well, right or wrong? Free trade and market economics, or pedophilic exploitation?
Harmless wanker, or dangerous predator?
Good bargain, or outrageously overpriced?