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Distressing video recorded in Tokyo’s busiest station shines light on a problem women have been complaining about for years.
Warning label for other passengers seems to have been secretly slapped on.
Now you can find out if there are any upskirt photographers, bag-snatchers, swindlers, or burglars in your area.
While Japanese teens are on the train headed to the once-a-year Center Test, some predators see a rare opportunity.
Concept receives stronger support from female commuters in the Tokyo area than males, with those in favor giving two primary reasons.
Posters encourage women to “be high-rank girls by immediately reporting gropers.”
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The unfortunate incident occurred on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Tokyo and ended with the government employee’s arrest.
For those times when the train is too crowded to keep your hands where everyone can see them.
Japan’s public transportation network gets high marks for its punctuality and cleanliness. Not every ride on the rails is a pleasant one, though, because some lowlifes called chikan use the crowded conditions on commuter trains as cover to grope unsuspecting women.
Now, one high schooler and her mother have had enough, so they’ve started a crowdfunding campaign to design and distribute what ae essentially “Don’t touch!” signs for women to wear while taking the train.
One of the most infamous aspects of Japanese society are chikan, the men who surreptitiously grope women on crowded trains. One Japanese security company, though, has tweeted about what it says is a new breed of chikan: men who encroach on a woman’s personal space to sniff her scent.
Japan is pretty famous for its packed trains that invite occasional chikan (groping incidents). Luckily, in light of improving rights for women in Japan, the law of late tends to come down pretty hard on train gropers. Assuming a victim or a witness to such a crime speaks up about it, a perpetrator typically faces immediate arrest at the next train station and can probably expect to do some jail time.
While this system works pretty well for the most part, it’s not unheard of for some unlucky guys to face career and life-destroying consequences after being falsely accused of groping. One Japanese Twitter user, in fact, posted a series of Tweets detailing a close call he had himself, relating that he was almost certainly destined for the slammer if he hadn’t been saved by the alleged victim herself.
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