A 22-year-old man from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday morning in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl, police officials said.
Yoshiko Tsuda, who had been missing since Saturday, was rescued from an unoccupied apartment. She had an injury to her left wrist and was taken to a hospital.
Aichi Prefectural Police quoted the suspect, Hiromitsu Nagasawa, as saying he kidnapped Tsuda because he "liked small girls."
Police who raided the apartment found Tsuda, a fifth-grader at an elementary school in Toyohashi, locked inside the toilet. Nagasawa had access to the flat.