Yomiuri Shimbun
A newspaper reporter was arrested Friday on suspicion of paying money to have sex with a 16-year-old girl, the Matsuyama-Nishi Police Station said.
According to the police, Masaki Murakami, a 23-year-old reporter of The Ehime Shimbun in Matsuyama, paid a female high school student for sex in his apartment on the night of Feb. 19.
He allegedly knew that the girl, who was sent from a sex business, was under the age of 18, the police said. He was arrested on suspicion of violating the law on child prostitution and child pornography.

Murakami admitted to the allegations.
Murakami started working as a sports writer for the newspaper in April. He reported on the National High School Baseball Championship and other sport news.
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