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Riho Fukuyama (centre) and her husband Yoshiki speak to the media outside the Toyama District Court on October 21, 2025. after her father was jailed eight years for raping her when she was in high school. — AFP pic
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Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 9:00 PM MYT
TOYAMA, Oct 22 — A Japanese court handed down an eight-year jail sentence on Tuesday to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape, a rare case in the country where many victims stay anonymous.
Koji Daimon was convicted of raping his daughter Riho Fukuyama in 2016, when she was in high school.
He admitted to the act but maintained his innocence, arguing that “my daughter was in a state where she could have resisted”.
In the ruling, judge Toshiaki Umezawa said that “given that the victim continues to suffer physical and mental distress to this day... the consequences must be deemed grave”.
‘I want to tell the world’: Japanese woman raped by father breaks silence after his eight-year jail sentence
Riho Fukuyama (centre) and her husband Yoshiki speak to the media outside the Toyama District Court on October 21, 2025. after her father was jailed eight years for raping her when she was in high school. — AFP pic
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Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 9:00 PM MYT
TOYAMA, Oct 22 — A Japanese court handed down an eight-year jail sentence on Tuesday to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape, a rare case in the country where many victims stay anonymous.
Koji Daimon was convicted of raping his daughter Riho Fukuyama in 2016, when she was in high school.
He admitted to the act but maintained his innocence, arguing that “my daughter was in a state where she could have resisted”.
In the ruling, judge Toshiaki Umezawa said that “given that the victim continues to suffer physical and mental distress to this day... the consequences must be deemed grave”.
