Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police announced on Feb. 19 the arrest of Morita Nagaki, 30, of Yachiyo, Chiba, on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act and child prostitution and child‑pornography laws.
- Investigators allege that on April 12, 2025, he told the then 13‑year‑old to “make money” and sent her to a Shinjuku hotel to have sex with a man in his 40s.
- Police say he impersonated the girl on social networks to recruit buyers, secured appointments, and took the 50,000 yen she was paid.
- The case surfaced after the girl reported in April that she was being forced to sell sex and feared retaliation if she resisted.
- Detectives are probing whether several other underage girls were exploited using the same method, while Morita partially denies coercion and claims he acted out of kindness.