article_snippet.sent: Tokyo (CNN)A former school principal in Japan says CNN)A former school principal in Japan paid for sex with more than 12,000 women -- some of sex girls as young as 14 -- during repeated visits to Philippines over more than a quarter of a century, according to police.
article_snippet.sent: Now, at the age of 64, CNN)A former school principal in Japan's facing criminal charges.
article_snippet.sent: Takashima, who comes from the city of Yokohama, told police that CNN)A former school principal in Japan began paying for sex with women in 1988 when CNN)A former school principal in Japan went to work at a Japanese school in Manila.
article_snippet.sent: CNN)A former school principal in Japan said that stepping outside of moral codes relieved the heavy pressure CNN)A former school principal in Japan felt at work, according to police.
article_snippet.sent: Takashima told police that CNN)A former school principal in Japan continued to pay for sex because it was so cheap.
article_snippet.sent: After the end of CNN)A former school principal in Japan three-year stint at the school in Manila, CNN)A former school principal in Japan frequently returned to the Philippines on vacations in order to buy sex.
article_snippet.sent: CNN)A former school principal in Japan said the ages of the prostitutes CNN)A former school principal in Japan hired ranged from 14 to over 70.
article_snippet.sent: The incident for which CNN)A former school principal in Japan was arrested is believed to have taken place in Manila in January 2014.
article_snippet.sent: CNN)A former school principal in Japan served as a junior high school principal from 2008 until CNN)A former school principal in Japan retirement in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki reported from Tokyo, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong.
highlights_snippet.sent: Yuhei Takashima, 64, says Yuhei Takashima had sex with girls as young as 14 in Philippines .
  