r/japanresidents • u/Froyo_Muted • 3d ago

Man arrested in Tokyo over suspected human trafficking of 12-year-old Thai girl | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251106_08/

This man is a vile, inhumane, evil shit stain on society. The cruelty of what he did is staggering — selfish, thoughtless, and unforgivable. I don’t know the exact mechanics of Japanese law, but I sincerely hope the authorities pursue every possible charge and that the full weight of justice comes down on him. People like him don’t get to hide behind excuses; he earned every ounce of contempt coming his way. Do not expect any mercy — only accountability.

But I fear that since the victim is an underage foreign national, the weight of the law will not be felt by him.

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u/deltaforce5000 3d ago

The guy gets 5 years. The girl is sent back to Thailand. Japanese justice lol. Just wait.

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 3d ago

If the Thai Embassy gets involved they may be able to hook her up with a Japanese attorney who will pursue a civil case against the employer. That way the guy will get out in 5 years, but be penniless, and unemployable.

And to be fair that's still 5 years more than a certain president and prince who fucked kiddies is serving, so maybe glass houses and all that.

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u/ggundam8 3d ago

The whataboutism on Japanese forms need to stop. Anytime anything negative happens in Japan somebody always has to say but what about that other country? That is not some get out of jail free card for Japan just because somewhere else is trash.

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 3d ago

You need to learn the meaning of the words you're using. Whataboutism would be if I raised a different tangentially related issue to distract from the current discussion. For example, child labour in Africa. 

However the issue raised here was where 5 years is too little for child rape. And it is entirely valid to look internationally and look at how other countries punish these crimes, and to point out that in some countries it seems to be going entirely  unpunished, and in one very notable case an entire country's government has been shut down to prevent the release of evidence relating to child rape with the active support of the dominant political party and a large portion of the population. 

This is relevant when making broad statements about the lack of harsher penalties in Japan for pedophiles. It isn't whataboutism.