{"id":169167,"date":"2025-02-26T13:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T04:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169167&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T04:10:49","slug":"former-pet-shop-owner-gets-30-years-for-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/former-pet-shop-owner-gets-30-years-for-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pet Shop Owner Gets 30 Years for Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka District Court has sentenced Michio Honda, a 66-year-old former pet shop owner from Itoshima, to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting four female employees in their 20s and 30s between 2017 and 2021. The court dismissed Honda\u2019s claim that the victims could have resisted, stating his arguments lacked credibility. The judge highlighted Honda&#8217;s use of gang affiliations, threats with a Japanese sword, and control through fear, calling the case exceptionally malicious and unprecedented in severity. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250225\/5010027245.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146750\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Former Pet Shop Owner Gets 30 Years for Sexual Assault\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka District Court has sentenced Michio Honda, a 66-year-old former pet shop owner from Itoshima&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169167","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}