“I identify as a pedophile”: 45-year-old Fukuoka man arrested after being tipped off by American organization, for raping 8-year-old adopted daughter and producing child pornography by secretly filming two 7-year-old girls

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>A 45-year-old unemployed man was arrested and charged with raping an 8-year-old adopted girl at his home and filming the scene, as well as taking photos of the lower body and breasts of two 7-year-old girls, friends of the adopted girl who were visiting her home, to produce child pornography. The man told interrogators that he “is a pedophile” by his own admission.

>The defendant, Yasuhiro Tabata, 45, an unemployed man from Fukuoka City, was arrested and charged with rape and filming sexual acts.

>Tabatake is accused of having sexual intercourse with his then 8-year-old adopted daughter at his home in Fukuoka City between March of last year and January of this year, taking pictures of her with a smartphone, and taking voyeuristic pictures of two 7-year-old girls at the time to produce child pornography.

>According to the police, the 8-year-old adopted daughter is the child of his second marriage.

>The two girls, who were 7 years old at the time, were friends of the 8-year-old adopted daughter, and they used to visit her home.

>In January of this year, the police received a tip from an American organization that there were posts on social media that related to the sexual exploitation of children, and the police were investigating.

>During the investigation, Tabata denied some of the charges, but he said that he liked little girls and that he admitted to being a pedophile.

>The police arrested suspect Tabata six times and sent him to the police station twice for further investigation.