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Prize-winning Japanese pianist arrested for stealing ANA cabin attendant's apron

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What a loser.

-6 ( +10 / -16 )

Surely he could have bought this stuff on the internet?

12 ( +18 / -6 )

Surely he could have bought this stuff on the internet?

No, no! Our man was a supplier!

-2 ( +6 / -8 )

Everyone needs a hobby!

LOOOOL!

GO JAPAN!

-11 ( +8 / -19 )

Well, at least it wasn't knickers he was stealing.

9 ( +13 / -4 )

"Collecting women's uniforms is my hobby. I smelled it and wore it myself."

Collecting is a hobby. Sniffing and wearing is a fetish.

And, stealing is a crime.

20 ( +24 / -4 )

Why risk arrest, humiliation and losing career, friends and potential lovers by doing such thing? Sad.

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Prize-winning Japanese pianist

More like a prize-winning creep.

Bye-bye whatever "career" he had!

2 ( +13 / -11 )

“I smelled it and wore it myself.”

I can’t imagine this having a positive impact on his career. 

But since his fetish is now public, perhaps he should just embrace it and become that talented Japanese pianist who shows up in public wearing cabin attendant aprons. In other words, he could boldly accept who he is with a smile.

Or he can bow, offer superficial apologies, and vow to prevent his mind from wandering by devoting even more time to the works of Chopin — all the while covertly entertaining his apron fetish in the confines of a windowless room.

Good luck to him whatever path he chooses.

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May I suggest he perform Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore?

Interesting fact.

Aprons were called naprons,as they were strapped around the nape of the neck, originally.

-5 ( +3 / -8 )

“I smelled it and wore it myself."

What

A

Freak.

5 ( +10 / -5 )

“stealing the apron of the cabin attendant in her 40s”

Just wondered. If he’d known the apron belonged to a 40 something cabin attendant, would he have stolen it?

0 ( +4 / -4 )

“stealing the apron of the cabin attendant in her 40s”

Just wondered. If he’d known the apron belonged to a 40 something cabin attendant, would he have stolen it?

I guess at least some of these repressed creeps have a thing for actual women, rather than school kids? A small plus for him I guess.

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Kazuya Saito, a 34-year-old Tokyo resident, admitted to the theft, with police quoting him as saying, "Collecting women's uniforms is my hobby. I smelled it and wore it myself."

I always wonder why the police release these embarrassing quotes. If it is to deter would-be criminals, it certainly doesn't seem to be working.

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I get it, there are all kinds of fetishes and most of them probably know no borders.... but how the hell are there so many men in Japan in particular with this fetish for stealing women's undies/aprons/nurse uniforms and other articles of clothing? I gave up long ago on trying to understand the sex appeal of it all, but I'm still very curious of why it's such a thing in Japan. The fact that it's common knowledge among women that you don't hang your undies up on a clothesline is quite telling in itself.

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I always wonder why the police release these embarrassing quotes. If it is to deter would-be criminals, it certainly doesn't seem to be working.

How do you know there wouldn't be twice as many if they weren't exercising this deterrance?

-6 ( +0 / -6 )

Surely he could have bought this stuff on the internet?

Nope. Brand new doesn't come with the already used smell... He smells it and wears it. He admitted to that. Like, dang.

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was a finalist at the Long-Thibaud Competition, a prestigious international contest for up-and-coming artists, in 2009.

Calling that a prize winner is a bit of a stretch.

0 ( +1 / -1 )

Surely he could have bought this stuff on the internet?

I bought a JAL apron at a flea market many years ago, It was a great novelty, with its little pocket for bottle openers and the like.

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I get it, there are all kinds of fetishes and most of them probably know no borders.... but how the hell are there so many men in Japan in particular with this fetish for stealing women's undies/aprons/nurse uniforms and other articles of clothing?

It's part of the culture that the adult entertainment industry controls. Have a look at what's available (most notably - school girls) and you can see why these fetishes are considered to be normal and in some views, acceptable.

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“I smelled it and wore it myself."

What

Freak.

You feel the same way when a guy dresses up as a girl?

It would make sense if you did.

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

In my head I hear Annie Lennox cooing;

Sweet dreams are made of these

Who am I to disagree

Traveled the world and the seven seas

Everybody's looking for something .................

2 ( +2 / -0 )

It's part of the culture that the adult entertainment industry controls. Have a look at what's available (most notably - school girls) and you can see why these fetishes are considered to be normal and in some views, acceptable.

But the mail order stuff won't have that authentic flight attendant smell ................. O_O

2 ( +2 / -0 )

I bought a JAL apron at a flea market many years ago, It was a great novelty, with its little pocket for bottle openers and the like.

I'll bet you looked good in it too ^_^

2 ( +2 / -0 )

Another form of mental illness

-4 ( +0 / -4 )

He just won another prize - a prized idiot.

Next time ask if you can take one.

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Kazuya Saito, a 34-year-old Tokyo resident, admitted to the theft, with police quoting him as saying, "Collecting women's uniforms is my hobby. I smelled it and wore it myself."

Arnold Layne strikes again.

Pukey2June 15  05:16 pm JST

Well, at least it wasn't knickers he was stealing.

Or boys' socks like that creep in my hometown 20 years ago.

garypenJune 15  05:19 pm JST

"Collecting women's uniforms is my hobby. I smelled it and wore it myself."

Collecting is a hobby. Sniffing and wearing is a fetish.

And, stealing is a crime.

He could've/should've been buying this stuff himself if it's his 'hobby'. SMH.

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