In a Japanese court, a man pleads not guilty to sexually abusing his daughter

A 53-year-old man has pleaded not guilty in a central Japanese court to sexually abusing his daughter when she was in middle school eight years ago.

The company’s former executive, Daimon Koji, denied the charges at an initial hearing at the Toyama District Court on Monday.

He is accused of sexually abusing his daughter Fukuyama Riho in August 2016.

Fukuyama, now 24, spoke to reporters in March after her father’s arrest. She gave her real name and accused him of starting to bully her when she was in junior high school.

At the hearing, Dimon admitted that he had sex with his daughter, but said that she was not in a state of inability to resist.

Prosecutors told the court that Dimon abused his daughter by instilling fear in her and had sex with her on several occasions.

They said she was concerned about possible danger to her younger sister. They also said the victim could not resist because the family depended on the father’s income and she wanted to attend high school and go to university.

The defendant’s lawyer said that Dimon had hit her before, but it was as part of discipline and did not cause fear. The lawyer also said that there were times when she refused her father by shaking his hand.

The defense attorney argued that Dimon should be criticized morally and ethically, but that he is innocent because he did not render her incapable of resisting by using violence.

It is reported that Fukuyama plans to question the defendant in court through her lawyer.