{
  "id": 7515517,
  "title": "Ex-Tokyo Massage Shop Owner Found Guilty of Exploiting Thai Girl",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ex-tokyo-massage-shop-owner-found-guilty-of-exploiting-thai-girl-7515517",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T08:31:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/jiji-press/20260915-348849/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)—A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a former owner of a Tokyo massage parlor to five years in prison and fined him ¥1 million for making a then 12-year-old Thai girl provide sexual services in violation of laws including the child welfare law.",
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        "outlet": "Nippon.com News",
        "title": "Ex-Tokyo Massage Shop Owner Found Guilty of Exploiting Thai Girl",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ex-tokyo-massage-shop-owner-found-guilty-of-exploiting-thai-girl",
        "published": "2026-09-15T08:17:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}