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TIL that Hiroaki Sakaue is a Japanese realtor who let three runaway girls live in his empty rental home. They had phones, went out freely, and studied real estate textbooks with him. He said he wanted to hire them one day. He was arrested for kidnapping and got a suspended sentence.

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