Ex-chief Osaka public prosecutor pleads guilty to rape of colleague

A former chief of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday pleaded guilty to raping a female subordinate prosecutor in 2018 while she was drunk.Kentaro Kitagawa, a 65-year-old lawyer, said he does "not contest" the sexual assault accusation against him, saying, "I inflicted serious damage against the victim and I am deeply remorseful," in the first hearing for the case at the Osaka District Court.When the intoxicated woman was taking a taxi to go home following a social gathering with Kitagawa and his colleagues on Sept. 12, 2018, he forced himself into her taxi, took her to h…READ FULL ARTICLE