Overview
- The juvenile division arrested Hiroshi Kida, 61, on suspicion of falsifying electronic records to rent a server in October 2022 for a site linked to the alias “ラオスの帝王ラオジー.”
- Investigators say the blog described how to buy sex from girls in Laos and connected to paid posts, which reportedly generated about ¥550,000 from roughly 40 purchases.
- Police report seizing computers and a smartphone in March 2025 that contained multiple nude images believed related to the blog, and records show 17 trips to Laos between 2018 and 2022.
- The suspect denies involvement, telling police he only lent an address at the request of a man he met in a bar in Laos.
- The probe began after hotline and anonymous tips in early 2023, and authorities are coordinating with Laotian counterparts to assess possible child exploitation and trafficking offenses.