Tokyo Police Arrest NHK Director over Sexual Assault

Tokyo Police Arrest NHK Director over Sexual Assault

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police have arrested a director at Japan Broadcasting Corp., the country’s public broadcaster known as NHK, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in the Japanese capital’s Shibuya Ward, it was learned Friday.

NHK Japan Chief Director Arrested on Rape Charges - Unseen Japan

Japan, like most other nations, has a sexual assault problem. Crimes are ignored. Wrongdoing by powerful men is often swept under the rug. Fortunately, attitudes towards the gravity of sexual assault are changing. Unfortunately, men’s behavior isn’t. A new arrest highlights how men in high-ranking positions in society seem to feel they can do what they like without repercussions. A partial denial, multiple victims Nakamoto Kensuke, 50, holds the…