A 26-year-old man who, as a repeat offender, confined and sexually abused four women between 2003 and 2004 was sentenced to 14 years in prison Friday by the Tokyo District Court.
Yasuyoshi Ishijima, who changed his last name from Kobayashi after his arrest in May 2005, was convicted of holding a 22-year-old woman captive for four months in 2003 at his Tokyo condominium.
The court also held him liable for confining three other females between the ages of 17 and 23, and the posttraumatic stress disorders they suffered as a result.