"I'll Show You Around Tokyo" Korean Student Sexually Assaulted by Japanese Company Executive

"Had a Favorable Impression of Korean Woman" Statement

As the number of Koreans visiting Japan is rapidly increasing, an incident occurred where an executive of a Japanese IT (Information Technology) company sexually assaulted a Korean woman studying in Japan.

According to foreign media including Japan's Fuji News Network (FNN) on the 11th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Takashi Matsumura (47), an executive of an IT company, on the previous day on suspicion of quasi-rape.

An executive of a Japanese IT (Information Technology) company committed sexual assault against a Korean woman studying in Japan.
[Photo by Fuji TV, Japan]

Matsumura is accused of luring a Korean woman, Ms. A, whom he met for the first time at 10:30 p.m. on February 27, by saying "I will show you around Tokyo," and sexually assaulting her, the media reported.

During the police investigation, Matsumura reportedly stated that "I had feelings for Ms. A," indicating an acknowledgment of the charges.

Ms. A, who came to Tokyo earlier this year to study Japanese, is said to have met Matsumura through a smartphone application that facilitates language learning among foreigners.

Matsumura called Ms. A out by saying "I will show you around Tokyo," and they met for the first time that day, where he offered her alcohol during a meal.

The police stated, "It appears that despite Ms. A's refusal, he forcibly followed her home and committed the crime."

Previously, in 2017, an incident occurred where a Japanese guesthouse owner sexually assaulted a Korean female guest and was arrested by the police. At that time, the victim had booked the guesthouse operated by owner Mr. B through an internet site during her trip and stayed with another woman.

The victim was sexually assaulted by Mr. B around 6:30 a.m. the next day and reported the incident to the police through the Korean consulate. However, the guesthouse owner denied the charges, stating, "I touched the victim but did not commit rape."

In the first two and a half months of this year, 'Incheon·Gimpo → Japan' travelers exceed last year's total

Crowded departure hall at Incheon Airport
Photo by Yonhap News

Meanwhile, Korean travel to Japan has sharply increased this year.

According to Incheon International Airport Corporation and Korea Airports Corporation, from January 1 to March 16 this year, the number of passengers departing for Japan from Incheon Airport and Gimpo Airport were 1,155,199 and 196,472 respectively, totaling 1,351,671.

In the past year, the total number of passengers departing for Japan from the two airports was 1,115,892 from Incheon and 178,190 from Gimpo, totaling 1,294,082. The number of passengers in just the first two and a half months of this year is about 58,000 more than the entire previous year.

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