Cram school teacher arrested for plugging toilets on express trains

Thursday 16th July, 07:18 AM JST

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jkoffman at 08:16 PM JST - 16th July

Why are cram school teachers such whackos?
MeanRingo at 08:48 PM JST - 16th July

Well, they better lock him up for life because if you think he held a grudge before, just wait. A little time in the clink should give him enough time to plot his just revenge... and execute when we least expect it.
mnemosyne23 at 10:10 PM JST - 16th July

What an extremely strange man.
usaexpat at 11:14 PM JST - 16th July

"Tobu employees have a lackluster work ethic, I did it to harass them" Well at least he didn't say plugging the sh*tters soothes him which is the usual excuse.
benhur at 12:01 AM JST - 17th July

mnemosyne23 at 10:10 PM JST - 16th July

What an extremely strange man.

i totally agree...
mrhog123 at 12:09 AM JST - 17th July

This guy would make a great politician
Icewind007 at 01:57 AM JST - 17th July

This was a good laugh.
sharky1 at 02:25 AM JST - 17th July

Too funny! And the name of the train line was...tsu maru???
poobah1234 at 03:49 AM JST - 17th July

you know what i find funny, how easily the crazies admit it was them and exactly what they were trying to accomplish. in america the motto seems to be "it wasnt me"
alphawolf at 05:23 AM JST - 17th July

I don't see anything wrong with what he did except that it was a public toilet. He should have harassed the employees in a away that wouldn't have affected others. aw
amerijap at 05:43 AM JST - 17th July

What a nutcracker!
stratu23 at 03:22 PM JST - 17th July

This strikes me as the kind of story that you could only find in Japan. In other countries, kids jam up toilets because they are drunk and rebellious, but this guy's reason is priceless.
TokyoXtreme at 07:06 PM JST - 17th July

Realistically, how much interaction does a train customer require from railroad staff? You go through the gates, get on the train, and ride it to wherever you're going. I think I've talked to a railroad staff guy once in the span of two years.
smithinjapan at 10:47 PM JST - 18th July

Surely the guy had better things to do than a life's goal of plugging toilets due to a grudge.
mindovermatter at 03:37 PM JST - 19th July

Monday afternoon by a plainclothes investigator who had been watching the restrooms, police said.

Unbelievable... There are going to waste valuable police resources to stake-out a toilet.... The story is funny, but this part just drives home the fact of what a totally worthless police department japan has....