Fukuoka prefectural police arrested a 27-year-old company employee from Kurume on Wednesday on suspicion of abducting a minor and nonconsensual sexual intercourse, alleging that he took an 11-year-old elementary school girl to a karaoke parlor and had sex with her. The man, who works in apparel, denied part of the allegation, saying he thought she was 19, police said.
According to the Yame police station, the man is suspected of meeting the girl on a street in southern Fukuoka Prefecture around 5:50 p.m. on August 25, knowing she was a minor, and driving her to the karaoke parlor in a light passenger car before having sex with her inside.
The man met the girl on social media that day and messaged her to invite her out, writing things such as "let's hang out," the station said.
The case came to light after the girl's mother came to the station that night to file a missing-person report. Police later made contact with the girl and took her into protective custody.