Overview
- Masayuki Hosono, 51, was arrested on suspicion of violating Japan’s Labor Standards Act by employing a child under 15 at a private-room massage parlour in Bunkyo Ward.
- The girl arrived from northern Thailand in late June on a 15-day short-term stay visa with her mother, who taught her to provide sexual services that day and reportedly left Japan the next day.
- Police say the child lived on the premises for about a month, served roughly 60 customers, and generated over ¥600,000, with proceeds sent to an account linked to an associate of her mother.
- After leaving the Tokyo shop in August, she worked at a similar establishment in another prefecture following an introduction from her mother, according to investigators.
- The case surfaced in September when she sought help at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau, and she is now in protective care as police probe possible brokers or organized involvement and track the money flow.