Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case.

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