Man arrested for collecting girls’ spit

Tokyo, Japan - A 55-year-old jobless Japanese man has been arrested in Tokyo for having three schoolgirls spit out saliva and filming them in the process. Toshihiko Mizuno was caught in Tokyo on suspicion of “habitual indecency,” which carries a penalty of up to one year in jail or a fine of $12,400, the police said. Mizuno separately approached the three girls, aged nine and ten at apartment towers or in the street, saying: “I am doing research on saliva. Give me your saliva,” an police spokesman said. “He videotaped them as they spat out saliva. He also asked them to open their mouths and filmed their mouth interiors and tongues,” the official said. “He has done so habitually to satisfy his sexual desire.”  More