Police launch 'Stop Train Violence' campaign

We know how these things turn out. Unless people get involved (calling the police) or the security is positioned every few meters it is a noble gesture at best. I do hope it helps.

Sooo, is there any actual meat to this campaign other than a semi-famous person saying "please stop this..."

“I have never experienced any sexual harassment or violence but I hope these kind of cases will be eradicated,” she said

Are you kidding me? why would anyone touch her

"Yamete! Sore dake wa dame. Iya da!"

What... AKB48 was not hired? A is for All! K is for Kindness and B is for Beauty.... We want All Kindness Beauty at every station in Japan.... yeaaaaaa!!! I think I'm going to be sick.

You can stop train violence if you stop trying to shove 500 people into a car that can only hold 200.

How about patrolling the trains during the most likely times that these attacks happen?

Judo, wrestling & my fave ULTRAMAN! ....................................

But why on earth wud you pick a bunch who "FIGHT" for a living to stop violence DOH, as usual common sense, not so common!

DGood aim but not sure having a couple of bruisers say "prease stop" will make it happen. Needs pigs or some kind of other enforcement. well, maybe not pigs as that would just lead to increase in up skirt picture taking.

Put more police on the trains and that will make things better.

Have seen many incidents in transit. The cops will achieve nothing. Most people are just so highly strung and stressed out they snap at the slightest thing. And, sadly, many of them are carrying knives. Just do what the majority of people do. Carry on totally oblivious to anyone else around you and all will be fine.

I ride the train once a week or so and commute by bike normally but literally every time I see some crap going on. Today some old racist lady was screaming foreigners go home to some girl sitting and reading a book in front of her.

Honestly wanted to punch her for that but figured she got a year or 2 max anyway and it aint worth my time.

That said, posters and fighting celebrities is really not the direction they should be taking , studies have shown that certain music can relax mood, as well as certain lighting. That, and limiting number of people to be able to pack themselves in a train will probably be a better solution.

But, since JR is private and the more people pack themselves in train - the more money they make, nothing of the ab ove will ever happen so learn to protect urself or skip the train.

Campaign! What a waste of time and money for many, many reasons....

These so called 'campaigns' are nothing more than a delusional belief that they are being proactive and helpful...

@Alex Einz

"I ride the train once a week or so and commute by bike normally but literally every time I see some crap going on. Today some old racist lady was screaming foreigners go home to some girl sitting and reading a book in front of her."

welcome to Japan..

Unfortunately this problem is never going to go away until, as Mirai Hirashi posted earlier, JR stops allowing people to push and elbow their way into train cars already loaded well beyond capacity.

I take JR everyday and everyday I see the same thing. People pushing and shoving their way into a car where there just isn't any room. I see people arguing and fighitng everyday. I see people falling, being stepped on or being pushed everyday.

Moreover, it's not just inside the cars themselves. The platforms, stairways and escalators are just as bad. The JR staff just stand there helplessly because there's really nothing they can do or want to do. You've got millions and millions of people commuting by train into Tokyo every morning and then back to their homes in the evening. There are just too many people for the system to handle comfortablely. And the real sad thing as that all of the campaigns and other bs aren't going to change a thing. There's just too many people.

It's not only commuters. You've got students, tourists, shoppers, etc. all deciding to use the train at the same times. Been on train during rush hours where you've got school groups of 20-30 kids and teachers all trying to squeeze in the same car just to get to Disneyland. Or people heading to Narita or Hanada or whatever lugging 3 or 4 huge suitcases with them. Or high school kids with their baseball gear, guitars, kyudo bows, etc. heading off to school or some tournament/event. Everybody uses the trains and the system and the staff just can't deal with them all.

I just know that one day probably not to far off into the future there is gonna be a horrible accident on one of these train lines. It's not a question of if, but when. A train loaded way over capacity is going to derail or something and it is going to be horrible. The Fukuchiyama accident was horrible but the next one is going to be even worse.

Did they choose the words "stamp out" and "kick off" on purpose in this article about stopping violence, or was that just coincidence?

I bet this campaign will be about as effective as all the other hollow campaigns that they have. Have some celebrities endorse it, throw up some posters, forget about the problem...

This country needs to seriously evaluate the root of these problems like train violence, suicide, bullying etc. instead of just asking people politely to stop. Clearly doesn't work.

Just think how lucky we are that people don't have the right to carry guns in Japan!

There is actually a very easy way to reduce violence. Simply make sure an area is clean and well lit, preferably with diffuse spectrum lighting. Studies have shown that it's very effective time and time again, yet Japan insists on shutting off more than half the station lights and nearly all the train lights for no reason.

I've seen stats that show 80% of train violence involved drinking by the perpetrator. Maybe the railways should conduct spot-checks of passengers and force the ones with high alcohol content in their blood to sober up before they are allowed to board.

basroll:

" yet Japan insists on shutting off more than half the station lights and nearly all the train lights for no reason. "

The reason is that they have shut down their power plants to pacify the antinuclear nuts.

I never see any violence. Only fight I saw was an argument between two gaijin. Am I lucky or do I just live in more civilized places.

As for the old lady yelling at a little gaijin girl - i've never seen that or anything like it in 20 years.

I haven't seen any violence on the trains. Seen a few shady characters, but never had any trouble apart from the odd dirty look. To stop violence, deterance is needed. Plain clothes guards/police, that hand out hefty fines or arrest you. Revoking train privileges, or even posting photos of repeat offenders at stations.

I wish they would stop making these things into 'campaigns' and just do a better job enforcing the laws that already exist. I suppose if the campaigns educate commuters as to what they can or cannot do in such situations, and what they SHOULD do, then it's helpful, but why do these things always only last a week or so? Why not hold year-round seminars, put up posters, and give station employees more means of dealing with the problems? This kind of campaign is usually just lip-service -- address the problem but don't do anything about it.

Best thing I EVER did was move home & work OUTTA Tokyo!

And instead of daily train hell(and I cud jump on in the mornings AFTER the rush) now I take the train once in a blue moon, dont miss them, now a short drive & I am at my office, but I am thinking of building a small office 30seconds outside my front door to cut a lot of driving to save more $$.

Folks there are ways to improve your lives & not be a fellow lemming, just put on some nikes & DO IT!

Tokyo is a big big city, and yes even for all of the nice rumors that Japan is one of the safest countries in the world, etc..sure it is, 99.99999% of Japanese have never ever seen a gun nor touched one, so if the people here in Japan want to fight, they may hit you, in the worst case scenario get stabbed?? But no body here in Japan is gonna pull out an UZI or an M16 or AK 47 etc...that happens back in New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles etc.. but just because the Japanese are not armed to the teeth does not mean that if they are really pissed off that they will not go after the person or persons pissing them off. I just pray and hope that no idiot nutter thinks of bringing gasoline etc..on to crowded trains here in Tokyo, like some fools have done a few times out in Seoul, South Korea.

@Wakarimasen

Put more police on the trains and that will make things better.

Are you sure ? With all the stories we've been having lately about the police and their misbehaviour (to put it lightly...)

Hey, they solve violence on trains the same way teachers at my school punish bullies!

I was on an almost empty train one Sunday evening.... maybe just 3 or 4 people riding the car I was on. About 7 meters up the car and sitting on the other side was a pretty, young Japanese woman listening to here music with headphones on and no one in here immediate vicinity. The train stops and in walks a middle aged, angly, Japanese guy with a newspaper. He ambled over her way to sit right next to her and opened his newspaper to the point where it covered both her and him. That ticked me off.... I felt bad for her but I could not believe he had the balls to do something like that and not expect me to take action. I was insulted. I immediately walked over, stood right in front of him, and told him to take a hike or else. He quickly got up and headed to the next car. She thanked me and I went back to where I was sitting. It is not just violence.... there are weirdos everywhere too.

freaks are attracted to trains