Flasher pushes woman onto railway tracks in Tokyo

Thursday 29th May, 11:42 AM JST

TOKYO —

A man on Wednesday afternoon pushed a 25-year-old woman onto the tracks at a train station in Akishima City, Tokyo, after he flashed her on a train. The man got away and the woman was severely injured, police said.

According to police investigations, the man, who is in his 30s and wearing a suit, exposed himself to the woman on the train around 3:30 p.m. She reported him to station staff at Haijima station. As they tried to detain him on the platform, the man suddenly pushed the woman onto the tracks and fled. The woman broke her ribs in the fall, police said.

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Youdontknow at 03:53 PM JST - 29th May

Ladies, if a man flashes you, just start laughing and shout out in either Japanese or English "Wow! It's so small!" "すごい！本と小さいね！"

I know it's no joke, my friend was flashed at in the UK. First she cried and after when she had calmed down, she actually joked about it, saying she had never seen one so big!

But all joking aside, these perverts need some serious jail time! That way, they will have plenty of time to flash and be flashed at by their own kind!
LFRAgain at 03:56 PM JST - 29th May

mrhog123

The police hadn't been called to the scene yet. As the article clearly points out, the incident happened in the presence of station staff.

I hope this woman's okay and I really hope they catch the coward who did this.
fingerless at 04:57 PM JST - 29th May

Very disappointed that in the multitude of onlookers there was no one who felt compelled to make sure that jerk didn't get away.
tkoind2 at 05:26 PM JST - 29th May

Yet another validation of the increasingly unhealthy psychology of many in Japan. I'll say it again, Japan had best get moving with some plans to encourage people to accept and seek psychological care. The alternatives are getting more and more twisted every day.
GG2141 at 05:40 PM JST - 29th May

The whole mental issue with flashers is rooted in their feelings of sexual inadequacy and powerlessness in the face of women. By flashing they experience power, as the general reaction is for the woman to scream and run away.

Flashers, being a sad lot for the most part, do not realize that it is not their mighty organ striking fear into womens hearts, but the simple fear that they are escaped mental patients.

The loser in this scenario was most likely upset at the fact that the woman reacted calmly and alerted authorities.

Sad, sad, sad.
KaptainKichigai at 07:53 PM JST - 29th May

I wish she had had a taser. How could this guy get away in a crowded station? i would have grabbed his little aishe and ripped the little thing off. I dont care what the consequences. Please let the next dirtbag do this i at my station or on my train. In 5 years, I have never seen or witmessed anything bigger than a parking ticket.
lipscombe at 08:41 PM JST - 29th May

Please let the next dirtbag do this i at my station or on my train. In 5 years, I have never seen or witmessed anything bigger than a parking ticket.

you want to see a big one eh?
KaptainKichigai at 08:51 PM JST - 29th May

lipscombe, all i need to do is look down...heheh. seriously, i meant the act of pushing the gal and running away, not the flashing part. I think that part is lame, but not in the same league as pushing her off the tracks. That is attempted murder.
KaptainKichigai at 08:53 PM JST - 29th May

But the pun was unintentional. Clever of you to point it out.
as_the_crow_flies at 10:07 PM JST - 29th May

How about changing round the emphasis in your headline, JT? Would-be murderer flashes woman before pushing her onto tracks, maybe. He tried to kill her! The flashing part, nasty and disturbing as that might be, is less important than the fact he tried to off her, surely?
European1 at 01:25 AM JST - 30th May

i would have grabbed his little aishe and ripped the little thing off. I dont care what the consequences.

Good advice, do not help anybody. Consequences? You will end up in jail for touching Japanese regardless what he has just done.(99.9% conviction rate)
Blue_Tiger at 07:45 AM JST - 30th May

My Question to the Ladies: When a flasher does his thing to you, why do you not switfly extend a foot and help him remember his manners?

Yes, guys like this are sick.....but not all of us guys are like this....
Blue_Tiger at 07:45 AM JST - 30th May

My Question to the Ladies: When a flasher does his thing to you, why do you not switfly extend a foot and help him remember his manners?

Yes, guys like this are sick.....but not all of us guys are like this....
bushlover at 11:43 AM JST - 30th May

Maybe she disturbed him while he was urinating and he got upset at her. I see a lot of peeing off in japan.
KaptainKichigai at 08:27 PM JST - 30th May

Probably true Euro1, but I could not abide just watching. I would be in another kind of prison for the rest of my life, a Guilt prison. The police need all the help they can get.