If you think you have too much money to spend, read on to find out how this Japanese school principal spent his money over more than twenty years, and the appalling crimes that he is now being accused of.

In a shocking story to come out of Japan, a former school principal claims that he had paid sex with not ten, not a hundred, not even a thousand but… get this – over 12,000 women. Here’s the sickening part: Some of the girls that he had sex with in the Philippines were as young as 14.

According to police, Yuhei Takashima has been making regular visits to the Philippines for more than a quarter of a century, taking 147,600 photos of his illicit activities. I’m not sure about you, but it appears to me that keeping an organized record of your crimes that will serve as a gold mine of evidence for the prosecution isn’t the smartest thing to do. And 64-year-old Takashima was a school principal?! Don’t you need to pass a Common Sense examination or something before you get appointed principal?

So anyway, here’s the details of this story. Takashima began having paid sex in 1988 when he was posted to a Japanese school in Manilla. His excuses? To relieve work stress, and because it was apparently so damn cheap to pay for sex. So at the end of his three-year posting in the Philippines, he returned regularly to purchase sex. Yeah, because either air tickets are so inexpensive, or educators in Japan are pretty well paid. The ages of the prostitutes? As young as 14 and as old as 70+.

Now, here’s the part where I am genuinely stumped. The inner Asian math geek in me can’t help but do some quick calculations. Even if Takashima was living in the Philippines the whole time and slept with one woman a day, how many women could he have slept with in 25 years? 9,125 – that’s way less than the 12,000 he claims. Color me curious.

Not to downplay the revolting nature of his crimes, because sex trafficking is a serious problem in the Philippines. With high poverty rates, the country has become a place for sex tourism, which unfortunately attracts pedophiles.

According to HumanTrafficking.org,

Although prostitution is illegal, hundreds of victims are subjected to forced prostitution each day in well-known and highly visible business establishments that cater to both domestic and foreign demand for commercial sex acts. Child sex tourism in particular remains a serious problem in the Philippines, with sex tourists coming from Northeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North America to engage in the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Other obstacles include corruption and the inefficient judicial system which prevent successful prosecution in trafficking cases.

Throughout 2010, there were reports that officials and police in anti-trafficking units and agencies permitted traffickers to escape during raids; conducted fake raids in order to extort bribes from traffickers and victims; and accepted payments or sexual services from establishments known for trafficking women and children.

The U.S. Department of State keeps a close watch on human trafficking around the globe and they do publish Trafficking in Persons Reports. With their recommendations in the TIP Report, let’s hope the situation will improve in the coming years.

Source: CNN

Written by Jun Kai