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Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women: Reports

  • On May 21, 2024, Tokyo police detained a 54-year-old former taxi driver accused of administering drugs to and sexually assaulting a female passenger.
  • The arrest followed findings of approximately 3,000 videos and images showing alleged sexual assaults on around 50 women, occurring in his taxi or home.
  • Police investigations revealed that in 2024 he induced a woman in her 20s to take sleeping pills causing unconsciousness, then took her home and filmed an indecent act.
  • A Tokyo police official stated that last year, the suspect persuaded a woman in her twenties to ingest sleeping pills, which rendered her unconscious, then brought her to his residence where he sexually assaulted her and recorded the incident.
  • The arrest indicates there may be many additional victims and involves allegations related to sexual assault without consent and breaches of laws concerning the unauthorized recording of intimate acts, with investigations continuing.
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Barron's broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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