At around 5:30 p.m. on Nov 27, a young woman was riding an escalator in a shopping center in Okayama City’s Kita Ward. That should be about as mundane as a weekday evening scene can get, but the escalator ride had a sudden twist as the man in front of the woman suddenly pulled down his pants and gave her an eyeful of his butt cheeks.
Of course, the problem with butt-flashing someone on an escalator is that everyone knows where you’re going: to the top of the escalator. Well, there’s also the problem of the moral reprehensibleness of flashing someone in general, but in any case, doing it on an escalator makes escape difficult. Sure enough, a security guard apprehended the man, later identified as a 44-year-old office worker who lives in the city’s Higashi Ward. The security guard then called the police, delivering the succinct report of “I have a suspicious person in custody.”
The woman is described as being judai, a Japanese term describing someone between the age of 10 and 19, though with reports not referring to her as a child, she’s likely a teenager, and above the legal-adulthood age of 18.
Officers were promptly dispatched to the scene, but during questioning the man partly denied the accusations. He’s not contesting that he pulled down his pants with the explicit purpose of showing the woman what was underneath, but he’s contesting that he didn’t expose his posterior, as he was wearing undergarments. In explaining his motives to the police, the man said “It was not my intention to show her my butt. I wanted a young woman to see the T-back underwear I was wearing.”
As such, the man could perhaps contend that he didn’t expose his butt, as he was, technically, still wearing something under his pants. That said, depending on the design of the underwear and the voluminousness of the man’s butt cheeks, it’s possible that the T-back was burrowed far enough his crack as to be materially the same as exposing a completely bare backside. And if you’re of the opinion that even flashing your T-backed butt to an unwilling stranger should be illegal, you’ll be happy to know that the man was still arrested on charges of violating Okayama’s Nuisance Prevention Ordinance.
Source: KSB Setonaikai Broadcasting via Hachima Kiko, RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, Sanyo Shimbun
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40 Comments
factchecker
Another day another Japanese pervert caught.
kurisupisu
There are far worse perversions going on that never will be reported here.
Toshihiro
I would've punted that butt like a football during a penalty kick. It really makes me wonder what drives these people to do these things.
Alongfortheride
Yes agree this guy is a nutcase but on the flip side to this that same 18/19 year old then goes to the beach in summer in a bikini that exposes the same thing and thats fine.
WoodyLee
Why is it okay for females to flash and expose the top and bottom parts of their bodies and NOT MEN??
What would society think of Men wearing Mini Skirts, T backs, Bikini's, no tops, and all the sexy and provocative clothing women use to flash their body parts!???
I could never understand the logic of this Hypocrisy!!!
Men should be allowed to do what ever women can get away with.
tamanegi
Come on JT lift your game. People more and more reading your site now believe Japanese men are all mental and sukebe with these silly Sora News stories.
リッチ
I’ve been seeming women and men wear skin tight spandex in public (mostly foreigners) and frankly they are xxl or bigger which spandex shouldn’t be, but anyway what’s the difference. Seems like the girl or anyone behind him needs to ignore him don’t can’t get off by it. Ignoring someone is the biggest turn off.
shogun36
oh good, contradiction.
Too bad, she didn't put her boot in said butt.
That would have been real funny to watch as he fell.
SDCA
The thing is, it is a weird sexual fetish these creeps get off on which can start with something harmless like exposing butt cheeks, but who knows if this will escalate to something far more provocative or possibly illicit? But I agree, ignoring for the most part without giving them a "kyaaa" type reaction will likely have them scurry away. It is best to try to ignore in these circumstances when encountered.
Have seen something like this once when minding my own business walking home and a dude exposed his posterior to a young girl who was walking towards her bicycle coming out of a conbini, she immediately had the reaction to just turn and look down and away as if she's dealt with this before and made no peep. The guy was saying something which I couldn't make out, but the girl immediately rode away like nothing happened. Luckily, there was a izakaya employee on his smoke break nearby who immediately started screaming "oi!!!" and the guy ran away. At that very moment, I honestly couldn't make out what just happened so I had no instinct to do anything which now I feel like I should have maybe tried to take a picture and report the guy.
Alongfortheride
I am going to keep a copy of this news story on me and when I see a woman on the beach exposing herself will show a copy of this to the police and ask why she is not being arrested.
Mocheake
It's NOT the same thing and it isn't public nudity. I go to Shirahama Beach jn Izu every year during Obon. There's a guy there every year who makes the rounds to every part of the beach wearing a Borat mankini and a sun visor. The police do not do anything to him.
Be ready to get laughed at but push it too far and they might arrest you for violating a nuisance prevention ordinance.
falseflagsteve
This article is written in a jovial manner and I find that rather awful. The girl could be traumatised and this deviant behaviour may not be a one off. These types often escalate to more serious crimes, they are a menace to society.
Aly Rustom
As such, the man could perhaps contend that he didn’t expose his butt, as he was, technically, still wearing something under his pants. That said, depending on the design of the underwear and the voluminousness of the man’s butt cheeks, it’s possible that the T-back was burrowed far enough his crack as to be materially the same as exposing a completely bare backside
Thank you JT for this visual that I am now unable to get out of my head. thank you
Alongfortheride
So what your saying is men and women have different rules? Women can wear what they want when they want but men can't? So based on that you must also agree on other gender differences such as different incomes for the same job based on gender? For the record here I am saying equal rights. Whats good for one gender should be good for the other.
noypikantoku
So what if its the other way around? A woman wearing super mini skirt, exposing her T-Back to a teenage boy behind her. Can that be a ground to arrest this woman for the same offense as this man? Because I've seen that very often here in Tokyo and I didn't see cops making arrests. These policies are kinda biased.
ebisen
So at a festival then other day I was proudly wearing my fundoushi (FUN-doushi ;) ) buttcheeks in plain view. The same as hundreds other men. Women didn't seem to mind, quite the opposite, some drunk ones seemed to enjoy it more than normally. Was that an arrestable offense too?
girl_in_tokyo
I'm sorry, but WHAT?
Are you really saying that consent does not matter? Are you honestly equating women wearing skirts, which is a socially accepted item of clothing, with a man flashing his butt at a teenage girl?
When you go to the beach, you are consenting to see people, men and women, in bathing suits.
When you go to the shopping mall, you are not consenting for a man to pull his pants down to show you his butt for his own sexual gratification.
I just can't with these comments. And you wonder why women chose the bear ...
Alongfortheride Today 09:02 am JST
Yes agree this guy is a nutcase but on the flip side to this that same 18/19 year old then goes to the beach in summer in a bikini that exposes the same thing and thats fine.
WoodyLee Today 09:07 am JST
Why is it okay for females to flash and expose the top and bottom parts of their bodies and NOT MEN??
What would society think of Men wearing Mini Skirts, T backs, Bikini's, no tops, and all the sexy and provocative clothing women use to flash their body parts!???
I could never understand the logic of this Hypocrisy!!!
Men should be allowed to do what ever women can get away with.
girl_in_tokyo
Another one?
What the hell, people.
There is something seriously wrong with the men on this site.
girl_in_tokyo
No, it the law is not biased. It is applied to both men and women in exactly the same way.
Rest assured that if a middle aged woman was wearing pants with thong underwear underneath, then pulled down her pants to flash a teenage boy behind her "to show him my t-back", then yes, she would be arrested, and rightly so, because that is flashing. And morally speaking, it would be considered by most people as a form of sexual predation on a minor.
That is why the man was arrested.
I can't believe I have to explain this - and to more than one person.
Sheesh.
wallace
There are female "flashers" but it's mostly men and young women.
Alongfortheride
No, what they are comparing to is the same age girl who enjoy going to the beach with a piece of string up their but cracks showing off to the world the same as this guy did. But of course its ok for females to do that right? Just men who can't
Alongfortheride
Please post a link to any law books that state that.
Alongfortheride
And women are perfect yes? You don't ever see cases of women engaging in criminal acts on here right?
BB
This whole thread has devolved into a series of assirmations and rebuttals.
I mean affirmations
Fighto!
I have never, ever heard of "young women female flashers" - except, I guess, in the AV industry.
Most reasonable-minded people would be OK with a woman wearing a skimpy bikini on a beach for tanning. Even a man in a pair of small swimming briefs. This is normal on beaches.
A man pulling his pants down to expose his butt to a young girl in a crowded shopping centre? Just no.
Context and location is everything.
ebisen
girl_in_tokyo - You're on a very slippery path here. Remember that what's good for the goose is good for the gander. He's not flashing his genitals at her and in other context there's nothing wrong with men wearing loinclothes. Yes, it's deviant and strange, but remember that in other countries women showing their faces is considered deviant. So you either want equality and accept that if a girl can flash her underwear at an arab guy while walking up the stairs without getting arrested so should this guy be able to do the same.
Burgerland
"So what if its the other way around? A woman wearing super mini skirt, exposing her T-Back to a teenage boy behind her. Can that be a ground to arrest this woman for the same offense as this man? Because I've seen that very often here in Tokyo and I didn't see cops making arrests."
I would be absolutely outraged if I saw that, outraged I tells ya...as would surely be most teenage boys / men.
virusrex
It should be very easy to understand that context can make something wrong, if your whole point is to ignore context then you are accepting you have no valid point. A man revealing his genitals to a female doctor during a medical consult provides the context that makes that action understandable and correct, but that is not an argument that proves doing it to a girl on a park is also OK.
noypikantoku
"Middle Aged Woman" so what if it's a woman in her 20s would she be arrested too?
I think the society is hypocrite. We often see this on mainstream media, that when young women show their butts to men it is "Cute", "Sexy", or "Funny". But when its done by a middle aged man, it is perverted.
Im not saying that the action of this guy was right! It is indeed perverted. But my point is that the system is so selective. I bet that if this is done by a young woman, for sure we won't be discussing about this and police will probably just laugh about it for sure.
This is stalking issues, if a woman reports a case of stalking, cops will take it seriously. But, if the accuser is a man, cops will not take it seriously.
BeerDeliveryGuy
This man’s actions, while utterly inappropriate, are not technically illegal.
If he hired a skillful (immoral but skilled) lawyer, he could fairly easily have all charges dropped.
In Japanese law the buttocks are not considered to be of sexual nature, and are not required to be covered.
I believe SoraNews’ (when they were still named “Rocket News24”) own Mr Sato field tested the legality of walking around Tokyo dressed as Hentai Kamen and wasn’t even questioned by the cops. (a parody superhero who’s superpower is gaining powers by wearing women’s underwear as a mask, and pulling his tighty whitey waistband over his shoulders to turn them into a Borat-like G-string mankiki)
Hawk
Alongfortheride,
What do people wear at the beaches that you go to? Full wetsuits?
Alongfortheride
You are hilarious!!
But based on what this guy was arrested for then yes they perhaps should do so!! Whats good for women is good for men right?
SDCA
I'm surprised at how many people on here are fine with dudes in thongs riding escalators and having possibly hairy butt cheeks right in front of them. Not my cup of tea but hey
Many mothers and fathers will have something to say if a young women were exposing her buttocks while riding an escalator to their children.
Great Bird
And if he was wearing a miniskirt he wouldn't have had a problem. What you want isn't equality, but harder rules for women. If a women did what he did she would run into the same kind of trouble this guy did. As long as somebody complains.
Hawk
Alongfortheride,
I thought so.
I am willing to bet that if this guy wore his T-back to the beach, he'd have been fine. Beaches (and swimming pools etc) are kind of an exception to these rules. Everyone who goes is agreeing that they are going to see things that they wouldn't see in a shopping mall. Topless men, bikinis, Speedos, thongs.... If they don't want to see that stuff, they are perfectly entitled to stay home or go to one of your Victorian era beaches where everyone is covered from head to toe in wool. I mean, have you ever been to a festival in Japan? Bare butt cracks as far as the eye can see. It's all about context and intent. Shopping malls exist outside of that shared agreement.
And seeing as this guy was arrested for violating a nuisance prevention ordinance, rather than an indecency law, intent was probably a bigger factor. Although, I'm perfectly willing to admit my ignorance of the law here.
ebisen
Well, the legal lema here is - where do we draw the line as a society? He wanted her to see his butt in a thong, so he exposed it to her while still being technically dressed, getting himself arrested. What if he'd wanted her to see his flexed biceps instead of his gluteus, would that have caused an arrest and why not? None are considered indecent under the Japanese law.
Hawk
Sorry, I stopped reading at "waaaagh..."
girl_in_tokyo
AlongfortherideToday 02:05 pm JST
Men can and do wear tiny binkini swimsuits at the beach. It's perfectly ok.
If you are unsure of the legal definition of sexual consent, I have two suggestions:
Look it up
Until you look it up and understand it thoroughly, stay far far away from all women.What has this to do with anything?
Are you saying that because women commit crimes, that it's not so bad if men do, too? If not, then what IS your point? There is zero logic in this comment.
girl_in_tokyo
noypikantokuToday 04:07 pm JST
The reason for "middle aged" is to make a fully accurate comparison with the man in the story. But generally speaking, the age doesn't matter.
Because women don't generally attack, beat up, sexually harass, sexually assault, rape, and murder men on the same scale that men attack, beat up, sexually harass, sexually assault, rape, and murder women, - so as a society we tend look at those two actions differently. We see a woman flashing a man as funny or sexy, but a man flashing a woman as sexual predation. Is is bias? Yes, but there is a logic to it.
The legal system does not discriminate by gender. The law is the same law for everyone.
Do the police discriminate? I am sure there are police who do, since they are as human and prone to bias as any other human. But the law is the law for everyone.
This is quite true, and very very unfortunate. In such serious cases where someone is terrorized or injured, it's not at all logical to maintain the bias that women are not a danger to men. Clearly, there are times that they are.
girl_in_tokyo
ebisenToday 02:46 pm JST
He was wearing thong underwear underneath pants. He pulled his pants down to show a girl his bare butt.
Where am I on a slippery path by saying that this kind of act needs consent and context, e.g., we give consent at the beach to see people in bathing suits that show more of our bodies that is generally not acceptable in other contexts.
Are you saying context, intent, and consent are moot points and do not matter? Because that would make everything a free for all, where anyone could do anything at any time - and as clearly that is not the case, you have to admit that context, intent, and consent do provide parameters for deciding whether something is okay or not okay.
And a man pulling down his pants in a shopping mall and flashing a young girl his bare butt without consent is pretty clearly not okay.
A girl can't pull down her pants in a shopping mall and flash her underwear at an Arab guy whom she does not know. She would be arrested the same as this guy was arrested. That is equality under the law, and I agree with it.
However.
If you are asking if I think that social judgement of a man who flashes a woman his butt should be the same as social judgement of a girl who flashes a man her butt, then no - because as we all know, men are bigger, stronger, and women fear that men who flash them will also rape and possibly kill them, while men do not have that kind of fear from women.
Only if women did not have to fear men and fear rape, would this be equal.
Your logic makes me want to chose the bear.