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FEATURE: Internet dating fraught with dangers.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 04-JUN-01
Format: Online - approximately 785 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo

A high court judge is arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 14-year-old. A teenager stabs to death a 28-year-old housewife with whom he is believed to have been having an affair. A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a college student allegedly confesses to killing a second woman.

These recent incidents have one thing in common -- the suspects and their alleged victims met through the Internet.

In the last few months, Japan has seen a rash of crimes involving people who first met through Internet dating services. They come as a growing number of lonely hearts are logging on to the Net in search of friends, lovers and even...

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