Instructor Arrested for Indecent Acts Against Woman with Developmental Disability Told Her They Were “going to practice making a baby”

By Barrier Free Japan

May 13 2026

TOKYO – A former instructor at a support organization arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a woman with a developmental disability during a class told her they were “going to practice making a baby”.

Masaki Shigetome, a former instructor at the youth support organization “Tokyo YMCA,” is suspected of committing indecent acts in 2023 against a woman in her 20s with a developmental disability at one of the organization’s facilities in Tokyo.

FNN reported on May 12th that the incident came to light after the woman returned home and told her parents things such as, “The teacher told me we were practicing how to make a baby.”

According to investigators, Shigetome stated, “I did it to satisfy my sexual desires,” although he is said to be partially denying the charges.