{"id":27638,"date":"2024-02-22T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27638"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:14:02","slug":"20240222-27638","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240222-27638\/","title":{"rendered":"“Your Name.\u201d producer arrested for violation of child pornography laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japanese police arrested Koichiro Ito (52) in Shibuya, Tokyo on February 21 on suspicion of violating child prostitution and child pornography laws. Ito had allegedly coerced a high school girl he met via social media into sending him naked photographs of herself, and police are investigating the possibility of other victims (Source: Mainichi Shimbun<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ito\u2019s crime took place in September 2021, when he instructed a female first-year high school student (15 years old at the time) to take a naked selfie and send it to him while aware that she was underaged. His involvement apparently surfaced during the investigation of another child prostitution case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ito has reportedly admitted to the charges, even stating that he had had similar exchanges with another individual and \u201ccannot remember if it was this girl or not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police investigators have revealed that the suspect is \u201cthe\u201d Ito Koichiro, who is credited as the producer of Makoto Shinkai\u2019s award-winning animated film Your Name. (2016), as well as titles well-known such as Suzume, Garden of Words and Weathering With You.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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