SDF member flashes staff at drive-through restaurant in Saitama

I wonder if he was standing at attention whilst saluting the take-out clerk.

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It's called "Shock and Awe"

It's Saitama.

I guess no one saw that coming...

I bet there's a "stiff" penalty for this type of crime. I'm sure there's a "penile" code violation.

I love these stories.

Ask women here how often a Japanese man flashes them. More than once I've met girlfriends at train stations who were enraged after a jerk flashed them. It may be a unique, ancient traditional ritual. You know we hear a lot about all the ancient unique traditional rituals here in this unique traditional country...

(plural: staff) The employees of a business.

What a jerk! I hope this fool is not only arrested but also kicked out of the J SDF! They should also put up a picture of this dorks pecker to say facebook etc..and make sure every one comments like CHISAI, way too small etc...where is it? Ochinchin ha doko??

The double-entendres are endless here...Private Parts, Major Woody, Rear Admiral, etc.

Stiff-Sergeant I guess. Or maybe he was trying to play "hide the pickle".

But the jokes would have been very short if this was not an SDF guy.

I'm waiting for the governor to set up a press conference with the leading SDF general where he demands better training for the troops so this heinous crime is never repeated.

And here I thought Article 9 prohibited the SDF from brandishing offensive weapons?? Lol...

Ok. Now my slow brain understands the headline. "Staff" as in fully erect flag-pole. Ok. I guess "staff" is the best non-obscene word to describe that.

Or it could mean Restaurant/Serving Staff. ;)

"SDF member flashes "staff" at drive-through restaurant....."

I guess "staff" is a borderline politically correct reference to a male private part. I would have probably just stuck with the term private-part to be on the safe side. Maybe because he was an NCO the editor didn't want to demote him to a private or something like that...??

Perhaps he was "presenting arms"?

I think he was presenting his buns.

Too funny, wonder if he was in uniform at the time of his over exposure?

Seriously this is ridiculous, ive seen US servicemand and woman repeat drunken morons, in Australia.

Well there seem to be plenty of drunken morons in Australia so repeating them shouldn't be a problem.

Perhaps he was "presenting arms"?

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Seriously this is ridiculous, ive seen US servicemand and woman repeat drunken morons, in Australia. Everytime they pull in pubs become battlefields for ego's. So what he flashed, until he commits a more serious crime, ground him.

Last sentence was the best. Wonder if the cops confiscated his toys as evidence.

so what he play with Radio control planes/Boats, Thats NOT a crime. exposure is & its funny & corny But id rather read about stuff like this rather than Stabbings & People getting run over by Reckless Drivers.

Disillusioned...it is even worse than you think...he is 46!

Glad this story is in the news. It should be public knowledge that this guy is a perv. Hopefully the SDF will drop him like a hot potato.

Maybe she should have "spilled" some hot coffee in his lap?

For those saying he 'deserves a break', or should 'get a warning' only, this is not the first time he did it! He's a repeat offender, and if not caught now who knows what it could have escalated into... before he went to play with his radio controlled toys, of course.

Maybe if he's lucky, in the next life he'll turn into a well endowed male Chihuahua and get to expose himself without breaking the law.

This private certainly wasn't using his head, his head was telling him to use his privates!

I wonder what he ordered?

and the suspense!--'with the zipper of his pants undone and his..........

private parts on display'

This private obviously wasn't using his head.

Staff? Member? It is the shear number of double entendre that make this article.

Note that his hobby is radio controlled toys.

This is another Peter Pan.

Him being SDF is not associated with his crime.

he was on his way to play with radio-controlled toys.

Is this twit 39 or 9? I also wonder if this repeat offending nutter going to receive some time in the Emperor's Hilton and counselling, or just a 20% pay cut for three months?

Kan should ask "Privates" Tanaka to lead the ground assault against North Korea to find the lost abductees in the event that war breaks out on the peninsula. It could be his punishment.

Truly this is hysterical. I just love it when it's the police not doing something foolish like this.

Super-size that one?

Did you want fries with that?

I think the operative phrase here is 46 year old non-com. Nuff said. This guy was avoiding a life on welfare, and now he has a life on welfare.

This is their version of "shock&awe", not even endowed, only a couple of centimeters in width and length.

just train the staff to shout Tanshoo! And point

Maybe if punishment was hard in this country then we wouldn't be seeing increases in stupid acts like this.

And this made news in Saitama?

Seriously, it makes you feel a little less safe knowing you are defended by someone not only strange enough to want to do something like that, but also dumb enough to not realize they would get caught. Unless of course he actually wanted to get caught.

Maybe what's even sadder for him is that the girls weren't as shocked as he had hoped.

ha, what a funny story. the guy's still a 6 year old.

@soulknyt: no. He did it before. Once would be a prank, more than once is probably becoming or is a perversion. Why is playing with radio controlled toys important? Some of those "radio controlled toys" are very expensive and skilled.

The SDF really needs to up its game if they want to be seen as a proper international force. Public indecency? Please. That's so... bush league. Call me when they're caught cooking meth or cranking out serial killers.

Give the guy a break, he did something stupid, and he knows it.

@alladin

And I thought that the SDF was supposed to be the pride of Japanese military. I guess they are the pride of Japanese perverts in a military uniform instead.

This comment is devoid of meaning. The SDF is the Japanese military; how can it be the "pride" of it? And why do you extrapolate the result of this incident to denigrate tens of thousands of uniformed men and women across the country?

Sorry, "A young guy pulling a stupid prank"...

I've seem some pretty juvenile/atrocious behaviour by members of other countries' militaries on shore leave, so if any of you think this kind of thing is restricted to the JSDF, think again.

This guy is clearly quite disturbed- at 46 it wasn't just a young pulling a stupid prank to impress his friends, so should probably be let go from the SDF and receive a lot of counselling.

And I thought that the SDF was supposed to be the pride of Japanese military. I guess they are the pride of Japanese perverts in a military uniform instead. I`m glad Japan is not at war because if they were, Japan would be in so much trouble with a military that fights with a flash than with real weapons.

Its a good thing he didn't do this at the walk up counter.

So what! He should recieve a warning buts thats as far as it should go.

I was feeling kinda down after making a mistake the other day but after reading this, I'm feeling much better!

with the zipper of his pants undone and his private parts on display

They should bust his privates down to private.

This is the tip of the iceberg showing its ugly head

LOL

"Here's my rifle, here's my gun."

Still, at least if he gets fired he's shown the perfect mentality for a job with the keystones down the line.

A 46 year old man going to play with his toys, why am I not surprised?

Haha if I was working the take out window he would have had a nice lap full of hot or cold drink due to my ''shock''. Bet that would make him think twice!

Better it wasnt a whopper, and did he get fries with that?

This is the tip of the iceberg showing its ugly head . . the toxic environment of obfuscation, manipulation, violence and control they guys work in ends up with these displays of pathology. NO SURPRISE THERE !

mindovermatter: It's only the 'top' news story because it just came out. Furthermore, it's a pretty serious offense given that it's an SDF member doing the flashing. I'm not sure what you expect or are hoping for for a top crime story.

All I can say is, Your life, work, company must be Sad JT, for this to be a Top News Item...

Moderator: What would you have chosen as the top story for this morning?

Ah, the SDF at their finest! And these are the people that are supposed to defend the nation?