WAKAYAMA -- A producer of the 2016 Japanese animated film "Your Name." was sentenced to four years in prison by the Wakayama District Court Feb. 28 for paying cash to multiple underage girls for sex ...

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A producer of the hit Japanese anime film "Your Name." has been handed a four-year prison sentence on charges of committing obscene acts against minors. Koichiro Ito was convicted of "violating ...

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Koichiro Ito, known for producing some of Japan’s most popular and successful anime films Ito ... begun an investigation into ...

(Mainichi/Nozomu Takeuchi) WAKAYAMA -- A producer of the 2016 Japanese animated film "Your Name." was sentenced to four years in prison by the Wakayama District Court Feb. 28 for paying cash to ...