curious_about_japan@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have some serious questions about Japanese cultures. I mean no
> offense to anyone. Please answer my questions seriously. I know my
> questions may seem perverse and disgusting, I apologize profusely if
> that is the case. However, I am just very curious about Japanese
> culture and its sexual entities.
>
> Vernon and Nuki, please stay out of this thread. Anko, could you give
> helping hand in answering my question? I also welcome Ultraman,
> Superoutland, and other sensible posters into this thread.
>
> What would happen in Japan, if a 12-year-old boy with no secondary male
> sexual charateristics molested a 4-year-old girl in downtown Tokyo in
> front of everyone? What would the male on-lookers do to him? Would he
> go to jail for it? If, in jail they found out what they boy was in for,
> would the other inmates treat  him more harshly?
>
> Does the Japanese society consider it "molestation" if a 12-year-old
> boy were to smell a 4-year-old girl's vulva? If so, what would they do
> to the boy?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jap

I would imagine that he is more likely to get caught and prosecuted
than if the crime were done at china in the nighttime