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Teenage girl busted for pimping three friends

TOMAKOMAI, Hokkaido -- A 15-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday for introducing three junior high school girls as prostitutes to three men, police said.

The 15-year-old girl, who stands accused of violating the anti-child prostitution law, received introduction fees from the three junior high school girls, Hokkaido police said.

She introduced three of her friends, all 15 years old, to three men in February, when she was also a junior high school student. The three men reportedly took the three girls to a hotel in Tomakomai and paid 25,000 yen each for their sexual services.

The three men have since been arrested. The arrested girl received 5,000 yen in introduction fees from each of the three girls.

The three men are aged 58, 49, and 40, respectively.

(Mainichi) June 7, 2006