A South Korean student who graduated from a prestigious national university in Japan has been arrested by police on charges of committing obscene acts against a local high school girl.
According to the Sankei Shimbun and others on the 5th, the Tokyo Kodaira Police Station arrested a South Korean national, Mr. Shin (30), on charges of committing obscene acts without consent.
Mr. Shin was revealed to have committed the crime at his dormitory at Hitotsubashi University on March 4th. He approached the high school girl he met through a language learning application, saying he would teach her "Korean language and culture," and after having lunch together, deceived her into going to his dorm room by asking, "Would you like to see the university?"
The victimized student reported the incident to the police two days later with her mother. In a police investigation, he partially denied the charges, saying, "There was physical contact, but there were no acts beyond that." Mr. Shin was found to have graduated from university in the same month.
In Japan, foreign criminals are subject to the same criminal laws and criminal procedure laws as Japanese citizens. Generally, it is determined whether to indict after a maximum of 23 days of detention investigation, and if a prison sentence is confirmed, the person is deported after serving their sentence. If subject to deportation, re-entry is prohibited for a minimum of five years.