Lawyer arrested for flashing woman on train in Kanagawa

Thursday 24th July, 12:19 PM JST

KANAGAWA —

Police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old lawyer for flashing a 27-year-old woman on a train in Kanagawa Prefecture. Hiroshi Sumiya, 35, was charged with indecent exposure on a JR Tokaido train between Yokohama and Kawasaki around 11:25 a.m.

According to police, Sumiya unzipped his pants in front of the woman passenger. Sumiya was caught by a 19-year-old vocational student who was sitting next to the victim. Police said he tried to run away as he was being taken to the stationmaster’s office at Kawasaki, but staff held onto him until police arrived.

Sumiya was quoted as saying: “I was stressed out from work and got horny on the train.”

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nandakandamanda at 10:43 PM JST - 24th July

Er... what became of the woman? Did she stand up and leave at the next stop?
Damax6 at 10:53 PM JST - 24th July

maybe he wanted to "stab" her or go on with a "stabbing spree" with his member....Er.did size matter in this case
KitsuneYoukai at 11:07 PM JST - 24th July

What's the deal about show casing their privates? Aside form some menatl instability, what do they get out of it?
warispeace at 11:40 PM JST - 24th July

Was he wearing a bra?
lipscombe at 02:06 AM JST - 25th July

started having a go

ahahahahahahaha
Xentrix at 02:30 AM JST - 25th July

That was a huge public disturbance...
ca1ic0cat at 03:00 AM JST - 25th July

Taka,

I think flashing has a specific victim and streaking is just adolescent lunacy....

I wonder if this guy will represent himself? If he does I hope he doesn't flash the judge.

I have no idea why a guy would do that. I also have no idea why the women don't just respond with a well placed foot.
TheDonald at 04:10 AM JST - 25th July

He won't flash the judge unless he intends to call his member to the witness stand to testify :D.

Anyhow.. there is no reason why a guy would do that, anymore than there's a good reason people rape or streak or murder. That's all a lack of self control, and you will find this in any hyper-accelerated society.

I dunno what to say about why he didn't get foot-spammed in the groin, because he almost certainly would've had that happen, where I'm from. It could be that she was stunned or feeling close to that, and nobody does what they would think to do if they have the time when caught off guard, or maybe she was offended/intimidated entirely too much.

I could be wrong, but from what I've been told, the JP woman at large doesn't really go through their day with a defense mode or a self defense protocol.. which I also understand is being changed in a few ways. That could be why he went away from that totally uninjured :D.
SiouxGirl at 02:43 AM JST - 26th July

This happened to me in a slightly different way - my neighbor, while I was on the phone. I was looking out the window and he - you know. Oh, man, I laughed. I actually doubled up on the floor from laughing and told my friend on the phone what was happening. She would've dashed over to my apt. but she lived across town. I'm sorry, dude, you tooks your chances and you just happened to flash me. My friend told me to open the window and say, "I've seen bigger vienna sausage!" But I couldn't, I was laughing so hard. Just an FYI to the flashers - she may be offended, or she may double over from laughing.
BlackTieAffair at 05:16 AM JST - 28th July

The natural evolution[?] Japanese boys come from a long, long tradition of being spoiled by their mothers. There relationships with women, of course, are based on their experiences with Mom. I think this type of thing is often promoted so you have to go back to the root to find the answer.
PepinGalarga at 11:32 PM JST - 28th July

this kind of thing happens hundreds of times a day in trains in Japan. Its not really newsworthy.
yurichan at 03:46 PM JST - 29th July

“I was stressed out from work and got horny on the train. hahaha. Sumiya was caught by a 19-year-old vocational student who was sitting next to the victim. what about the real girl? And it she really a victim. It's weird if that happened to a guy. He wouldn't mind at all. Even more he would be considered a lucky guy.
yurichan at 03:48 PM JST - 29th July

I was stressed out from work and got horny on the train.

hahaha.

Sumiya was caught by a 19-year-old vocational student who was sitting next to the victim.

what about the real girl? And it she really a victim. It's weird if that happened to a guy. He wouldn't mind at all. Even more he would be considered a lucky guy.

ps. testing if the quoting works right
ALHQQ at 05:23 PM JST - 29th July

When I'm stressed the last thing I get is horney... This story is soo wrong...
dany505 at 10:40 AM JST - 31st July

Stressed ..get some lotion, and wait till you get home...alone.