元大阪地検検事正を逮捕　準強制性交容疑―大阪高検

　大阪高検は２５日、準強制性交容疑で元大阪地検検事正で弁護士の北川健太郎容疑者（６４）＝京都府＝を逮捕した。高検は認否を明らかにしていない。北川容疑者は２０１８年２月～１９年１１月に同検事正を務めていた。
　高検は逮捕容疑についても、「性犯罪であり、被害者のプライバシーの観点を考慮し、差し控える」として、時期や場所など詳しい内容を公表しなかった。
　ただ関係者によると、時期は北川容疑者が大阪地検検事正だった時とみられる。
　北川容疑者は１９８５年任官。関西圏での勤務が長く、京都地検特別刑事部長、神戸地検刑事部長、大阪地検刑事部長などを歴任した。那覇地検検事正や大阪高検次席検事、最高検刑事部長も務め、大阪地検検事正を最後に退官した。退官後は企業の監査役などをしていた。（2024/06/25-17:30）

The Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday arrested Kentaro Kitagawa, a 64-year-old former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, on suspicion of constructive forcible sexual intercourse.
   The high prosecutors office did not reveal whether Kitagawa admitted to the allegation. It also did not disclose details of the case, including when and where it happened, citing the victim's privacy.
   An informed source said that the case is believed to have occurred when Kitagawa was head of the district prosecutors office from February 2018 to November 2019.
   Kitagawa became a public prosecutor in 1985 and spent much of his career in the Kansai western Japan region. Before being appointed to the top post at the Osaka district prosecutors office, he served as head of the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office, deputy head of the Osaka high prosecutors office and chief of the criminal investigation division of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office. Since retiring, he has assumed corporate auditor and other positions.
   "It is very regrettable that someone who held a key prosecutor post was arrested," said Tsunekazu Kobashi, deputy head of the Osaka high prosecutors office. "We will consider the final punishment after completing the investigation properly."