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Police in Tokyo have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to sexually assault a woman in her 20s as she walked home.
According to police, the incident occurred in Shinagawa Ward at around 3 a.m. Saturday, Fuji TV reported. Police said Yoshihiro Sunahara, a company employee, approached the woman from behind on a sidewalk, put one arm around her neck and covered her mouth with his hand. He then tried to grope her with his other hand.
The woman resisted and yelled out for help. A man who was nearby heard her screams and was able to subdue Sunahara before he could get away.
Police said Sunahara was drunk when he was taken into custody. They said he has denied the charge and quoted him as saying he doesn’t remember anything.
© Japan Today
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Do the hustle
Wow! This is becoming quite a thing. I read an article like this nearly every day.
JJ Jetplane
@andy
Do you really believe sexual assault is a new concept? Sexual assault is one of the oldest crimes in history. This occurs on a daily basis in almost all countries around the world. Just because you don't hear about it does not mean it does not happen.
rcch
ah, the “drunk with amnesia” excuse.........
oldman_13
Getting worse everyday. Random theft and assaults, now sexual threats to women
pudus
@hiro
see tok reporter and the list is 10 times longer, and more active everyday.
girl_in_tokyo
Strangerland Today 07:05 am JST
You are right. It's always been this bad - women are just reporting it more because thanks to #wetoo, Shiori Ito, and others who have spoken out, it's becoming less taboo to talk about - so it's being reported more.
When the report rate is only 4%, and people begin to report more, obviously we are going to see a large increase in the years to come.
I read that due to the widening of the definition of rape to include other kinds of penetration as well as expansion of the law to include male victims, the sexual assault rate rose by 27%. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180719/p2a/00m/0na/015000c
In other words, Japan is not as safe in this regard as we have been led to believe. It's always been bad - women just didn't talk about it.
hooktrunk2
Egads. 3am. Some guys just need to take a cold shower and go to bed. Hope she’s not scarred for life.
I was in the parking lot of a Tsutaya once where the guy in the car next to me was watching porn and, well, you know. I’ll never forget his intense beady eyes peering over at me.
Toshihiro
Whoever you are, you deserve a medal and a good pat on the back!
Will using this overused "I was drunk and couldn't remember" card fly though? He seems sober enough to plan and carry out the attack. Arrest him.
Hiro
@Do the hustle, a population of 126 million people and this is the only site that report daily news in English. So what you expect? Crimes are gonna happen.
Ken Wyatt
At least he didn't get away with it.
Must carry pepper spray.
oldman_13
Getworse e
sir_bentley28
Is the updated version of "I was drunk and don't remember"?
rgcivilian1
This could only mean this person has done this before and got away with it. This time he was busted.
Strangerland
A claim often repeated, yet never supported with actual data.
Luddite
I put the blame on the men that do these crimes. They are brought up with a massive sense of entitlement.
starpunk
If he gets put in jail hopefully some other creeps like him will get the picture. And this 'drunk and can't remember' excuse is getting old, FAST.
Mark
Drunk and Hrny. that's all.
Goodlucktoyou
Lucky she can get help at 3am. Never happen in western countries. 20s woman walking alone at night...
andy
well , This does not happen in only japan.
This does happen all over the world these days.
i put the blame on social media and dating sites.
You agree with me or not!