Overview
- Tokyo police arrested Masayuki Shigetome, 40, on suspicion of a quasi‑forcible indecent act, a charge used when a victim cannot refuse because of disability or a power gap.
- Investigators say he exploited a woman in her 20s during a one‑on‑one class at a Tokyo YMCA facility in Shinjuku on March 5, 2023.
- The woman later told her father the teacher said they would practice making children, and his report to police set the investigation in motion.
- Shigetome said he did not remember the details, yet, according to media reports, he admitted similar acts about 10 times over three years to satisfy sexual desires.
- He worked at Tokyo YMCA from 2013 until February 2026 teaching social‑life skills to people with developmental disorders, and Mainichi reports he was fired after disclosing misconduct and then took a university counseling job.