Police in Tokyo have arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of sexually molesting a man whom he thought was a woman.
According to police, the incident occurred on a street in Taito Ward in April. The suspect, Kenichi Sato, a company employee, forcibly kissed the man, who is in his 20s, and fondled his chest before he realized his victim was not a woman, Fuji TV reported. After the victim resisted, Saito fled.
However, the incident was captured on street surveillance camera footage, which led to Saito’s arrest.
Police said Saito has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he was drunk at the time and that the man was wearing what he thought were women’s clothes.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
Titillation article of the day?
Laguna
Aerosmith defense?
zettaiEngineer
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extanker
@laguna
Haha I see what you did there!
Yubaru
More than likely not, particularly if it's a first offense.
seadog538
Could've been worse---could've molested a woman thinking she was a man!
JonathanJo
Should've gone to Specsavers.
Monozuki
Ha-ha. The story has really ended up a ludicrous farce. Yes, this time around, it makes a lot of sense that he was drunk at the time. :‑)
thepersoniamnow
Laguna! LOL
ozziedesigner
The wonder of Beer goggles eh !
Goodlucktoyou
I sometimes have to ask my partner, is that a man or women?
Toshihiro
Some people really look ambiguous today in that guy's defense, but that groper got what he deserves. Poor victim though, I can't imagine him telling that story to his friends, coworkers and family: "He guys, guess what, I just got molested today - by a guy"
Do the hustle
I don’t find anything amusing about this.
Hiro S Nobumasa
Double jeopardy!
ThePBot
"In my defense, clearly, I had no intention of molesting that man."
Red suns
“It’s a trap!”
Kaishu
must have been one of these boy band members, can’t tell the difference sometimes.
bones
This is such a gut busting side splitting dying of laughter story!!:-)
Eppee
We definitely need the surveillance camera footage...
Toasted Heretic
Quite telling to see how many here find molestation amusing.
Japan sure does attract some interesting people.
Kaishu
@toasted
Not the molestation itself, more so the fact that this idiot ended up molesting a man....and got a little just dearest. Soap box must be a bit crowded up there today.
Kaishu
Desert, auto correct
commanteer
Quite right. Nothing at all amusing about this story. Must restrain the impulse to laugh.....
Toasted Heretic
Yes, I've got my high horse up there, too.
I none of you splitting your sides today never get assaulted.
shogun36
Ahhh, where to begin here? You could literally go to any major train station in Japan at any time of day and spot at least 3 of these, if not more, Japanese guys who are more feminine and prettier than women. I'm sure Kenichi got what he was looking for, his victim just wasn't paid well enough.
commanteer
I have been. More than once. But like the victim in the story, I was a grown man. And I laughed about it later. (Of course, I was annoyed at the time.) There are "assaults," and there are assaults. No reason to confuse the two.
shogun36
Define "resisted"
I'm sure this got a huge pop back at the precinct. How long do we have to wait until it's on youtube? does anyone have a link?
It probably was
9 times out of ten, molestation is definitely not a laughing matter and is a very serious crime.
but that 1 time out of ten, when it's under absurd circumstances, it's a very entertaining situation!
Jimizo
I’ll have to invite my old mate from Dumfries over and have him wear his kilt at night.
He’d sort this kind of thing out.
inkochi
Comeuppance!
u_s__reamer
Molestation is socially unacceptable, but it is another, albeit unwelcome, reminder of the deep-rooted, ineradicable biological drive that along with its undisputed delights causes us humans so much grief and pain, the only cure for which seems to be old age and death.
Chico3
It's August and this took place in April? That was a long wait.
Luddite
A person was sexually molested, and the majority here thinks this is funny. Shame on you.
Toasted Heretic
Says as much about a certain aspect of Japan as it does about a certain section of foreign residents.
I'm sorry you had to endure that. But not everyone has your fortitude to just brush it off.
DaDude
He needs to get with the times, coming out is becoming a norm in Japan.
extanker
Yes, it says that some of us handle things differently than others.
As a male, I probably be disgusted by it in the moment, but I know it would very quickly become a 'you're not going to believe what just happened' story to tell my friends. I very much would be laughing it off.
Why would I let it get to me? Sometimes you just have to be able to laugh at things or you're going to go nuts. If you find it to be no laughing matter, I respect that, but please don't judge those of us who would handle it differently.
gogogo
Funny as hell!