chikan

Sakura police were established within the general affairs division presiding over public safety in April last year. They are dedicated to acting quickly to the excessive solicitation of women and children and any subsequent forced interactions. There are 56 personnel belonging to the team, with 16 of them women.

East Japan Railway Co. plans to install security cameras in trains on the Saikyo Line linking Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture in a bid to prevent sexual molestation.

JR East and police say they hope the security cameras will provide "evidence" and serve as "deterrence" against molestation (even though they may be able to shoot only the heads of passengers on packed trains).

Tokyo Metropolitan Police today announced the second arrest in the widely-publicized-thus-less-effective-than-it-would-have-been-if-it-was-a-complete-surprise anti-train groper campaign that was launched earlier this week.

Then she tried to explain what a Kappa is but all I could gather was that it was something that scared children, looked like a monkey or a frog or a duck and had water on its head.

Japanese Teacher: It looks up women’s dresses and fondles girl’s behinds and…

Me: It does WHAT?

That’s when I realized what he was doing. I inched closer and looked down at his tote bag. He had worked it between her legs, and in the corner of it, there was something thin and cylindrical, with a lens, like a pocket flashlight turned off, and it was aimed right up her mini skirt!

The first time I witnessed a chikan in action on the Saikyou line I was shocked! I didn't know what was going on but everyone else did, and did nothing. And the victim didn't even blink. Now I understand better why, but at that time, well...