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Pilot for Japan airline ANA gets 20 months for groping flight attendant

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner taxis in front of other aircraft at the Tokyo International Airport, commonly known as Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 10, 2018. (File photo: Reuters)

KYODO — A pilot of the major Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) was sentenced to 20 months in prison Tuesday for abusing his power to grope a female flight attendant after work.

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Ryota Mise, 44, acted in a "mean and persistent manner" toward the victim when he took advantage of his position as a captain and touched her private parts at various locations in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, in October 2023.

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