A 26-year-old man arrested Sunday for allegedly confining an 11-year-old schoolgirl has admitted to kidnapping her, the Nara Prefectural Police said Monday.

"I forced her into my car," the police quoted Masaru Ito as saying.

Ito, of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, also allegedly said he saw the girl for the first time Saturday, the day he abducted her.