Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he allegedly groped a teenage girl on a subway train.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 6:24 p.m. Saturday on the Tozai line, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. The girl was on her way home when she felt a hand touching her from behind. She grabbed the man’s arm and held onto it until the train reached the next station.
Station staff called the police who arrested the man.
Police said the man, a company employee, has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying “I don’t have any excuses for what I did.”
© Japan Today
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falseflagsteve
For Pete’s sake not again! Why can’t these perverts leave these girls alone? I can’t fathom why a grown man would want to do this.
Boki24
This news report is the most bizarre thing given that hundreds if not thousands of women are sexually assaulted (or 'groped' as they like to downplay it here) every day.
97% of them never report it but authorities and jorunalustb are aware of the problem, I'm sure.
Alongfortheride
Good on her for the courage to stand up for herself and grab him
Masami Ito
True,I have yet to meet a Japanese woman who has not been assaulted at least once on Japanese public transport but I guess the news is that the perpetrator was apprehended and that it was reported.
Boki24
Yes and that's why it's such an epidemic problem in Japan and why it's so common - these men know they can get away with it repeatedly and without consequences. They have groups and are organised and coordinate on some train lines. The fact that the public and media are oblivious to the scale of the problem and the downloading by authorities doesn't help.