Police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of forcibly kissing a 40-year-old woman as she walked along a sidewalk in Tokyo's Ota Ward in June.
According to police, Kohei Funai, a company employee, sneaked up on the woman from behind, grabbed her face with both of his hands and kissed her, Fuji TV reported.
Police said they identified Funai from street surveillance camera footage that showed the registration number of his motorbike he used before and after the incident.
According to police, Funai has admitted to the charge, saying, “I had a sexual desire to just kiss her.”
Police said there have been about 10 similar cases over the past three years in Ota and Shinagawa wards and are questioning Funai about his involvement in those incidents.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
Japanese "kissing bandit?"
randomnator
Wants to be Prime Minister. #nevertrump
MarkX
Matthew Simon, you beat me to it. I was going to say, did the person have an orange rat on his head at the time, and small hands?
Strangerland
When I read the title, I thought this article was about Trump visiting Japan.
Disillusioned
Creepy, yes! Assault, yes! National news, I'm not sure.
Rik314
Expect this guy to be running for US President in about 30 years.
MrBum
Did he at least use Tic Tacs?
Goodlucktoyou
Getaway car a...motorbike. Says it all.
rainyday
Get Billy Bush in that interrogation room, he have the guy confessing (even bragging) to everything in no time.
Thunderbird
This is Japan, a place with plenty creepy, shy, sad, ugly japanese men and smart, languages loving, open-minded, gorgeous women.
Rana Sodhi
How someone can kiss an unknown person? Scum
theeastisred
But he had an alibi: he was participating in a debate in Las Vegas at the time.
Sioux Chef
This Funai guy must be famous.
goldorak
Haha, who says/thinks/does such things! Would love to believe something's lost in translation here but its probably what he said/meant.
@rana, many ppl, as long as both parties are ok with it.
katsudon
Actually, his exact words were, "You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. I just kiss. I don’t even wait."
Aly Rustom
Oh ok that explains it...
notagain
He's copying Trump, only he's not rich enough to get away with it.
MsDelicious
Japanese men cannot kiss. No wonder she was angry.
nath
Trump's influence grows ever stronger...
Monozuki
Rather farcical. :‑)
oyatoi
"Expect this guy to be running for US President in about 30 years."
He's a Natural Born Kisser
DaDude
Happened 10 other times so we had serial kisser on our hands meaning the streets haven't been safe for the past 3 years.
Jonathan Prin
He should come to France LOL. Free and safe kisses for everyone. Four in a row for/from me.
fuzzylogic
He must have missed the sound of music, or cant forget a fantasy like Jane Eyre
kurisupisu
And I thought Japanese weren't kissers?
602miko
A pervy hormone
Peter Qinghai
He should hook up w/ that gut who stiffed the hostess club for a wad of cash a few months back. They'll have a blast together.
zurcronium
Trump must have really given up to take a trip out here in the last few weeks of the election.
Aydamn
“I had a sexual desire to just kiss her.” ???? so maybe he has no girlfriend to kiss??? I thought in Japan every one has girlfriend and has sex as much as they want! I also heard Japanese men has less sex desires, so I wonder to hear such news!
Quid-pro-quo
I spent too much time trading cards...I lost touch with the world reading manga and watching anime...I spent too much time looking at useless things on my iPhone...I got caught up with action figures and sexy dolls...my 'nature' got the better of me and I had a sexual desire to just kiss her.
Brush your teeth, clean yourself up, go out into the real world and talk to a real person. Oh, and make sure you have lots of cash...you'll need it.