Policeman arrested for licking woman's hair
SHIZUOKA —
A Shizuoka police officer has been arrested for licking a woman’s hair in a restaurant, police said Wednesday.
According to police, the 50-year-old forensics officer, who has been named as Tetsuya Ichikawa, was detained by police after allegedly approaching a 25-year-old woman from behind and licking her hair at a restaurant in Shizuoka Station on Tuesday night, NTV reported.
A spokesperson for the Shizuoka prefectural police said that Ichikawa had been on sick leave for an undisclosed illness since June of last year and approached the department on Tuesday to discuss returning to work.
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mitoguitarman
That'll get his job back. Now he'll fit right in.
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mctavish
shampoo poisoning?
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Farmboy
Hair-licking hasn't really caught on yet elsewhere.
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gaijinfo
Maybe he's thinking of getting a job in one of those neko cafes.
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Farmboy
Maybe he has a vitamin deficiency?
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Thomas Haynes
well, did it taste good?
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Mirai Hayashi
Lovely...more jpolice antics....could it get any worse?
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yasukuni
They really are an interesting bunch aren't they? Maybe they should look into what goes on at the Police Academy. Now there's an idea. A Japanese version of the movie - looks like there'd be lots of good material.
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Gurukun
LOL! Because he is a JKeystone, it doesn't surprise me anymore.
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ka_chan
Recently, it's getting hard to tell who is the hentai here.
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iceshoecream
Hahaha! Good way to start my day.
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some14some
that's after about three months of 3.11, Fukushima-syndrome (?)
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dialogtus
what :) the:) hell:) is :) this:)???
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Wolfpack
Why would anyone would want to lick another persons hair? I have never heard of a hair licking fetish before - that's a new one. That cop has broken new ground in the world of otaku.
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akkk1
Did he mistake her hair for a bowl of ice cream or was he consumed by lust?
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The Truth Matters
Just another log on the "only in Japan" fire. And I mean that in the kindest way possible. That's the great thing about Japan, who needs drugs? it's just weird. You just go outside, look around and think about what you're seeing, and you're altered.
Boy do I miss it.
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Hide Suzuki
@The Truth Matters
Agreed. Why can't Japanese people get arrested for normal things like typical Americans, like armed robberies, gun violence huh?
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jessebaybay
what's wrong with these guys.
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Matthew Simon
Undisclosed illness, guess they couldn't cure stupid.
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sillygirl
now this is truly truly GROSS
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vctokyo
JT pls add a separate category for police crime
5
Ewan Huzarmy
'J-Police Academy .... Perverts on Patrol'
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yasukuni
"Why can't Japanese people get arrested for normal things like typical Americans, like armed robberies, gun violence huh?"
Yep, there are worse things to worry about than a cop who licks women's hair. Kind of cute. Wish it was on youtube.
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wontond
I'd say he has a mental illness.
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ultradork
CSI - Shizuoka...he was collecting forensic evidence. Obviously, a cry for help...needs some counseling. The police do seem wrack up quite a lot of ridiculous incidents: upskirt photos, flashing, groping, etc.
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Ms. Alexander
WTH?! What a sicko!
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Laguna
Okay, so hair-licking is illegal. Thanks for the heads up.
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Frungy
Eeeeeewww... no, seriously, ick!
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hoserfella
I propose a "Whos the biggest JCop nut of the month?" survey for JT readership. This month's contestants can be the hair-licker, the (dressed as a high school girl) flasher, or the cop who pushed a high school girl off her bike and lifted her skirt guy.
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DeDe Miura
But maybe he's conducting some kind of research... of course I'm joking... it really makes me sick.
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ExportExpert
Was it the hair on her head that he licked or?
And this guy is sick alright Sick in the head.
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Allison Honig
Somone has a weird fetish
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gogogo
What is the charge? Gross but licking is a crime?
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Serrano
Export beat me to it! So was it her head hair?
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cadmium31680
This guy needs to stay on sick leave. For a long time.
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hoserfella
serrano, exportexpert - some junior high school boys just called. They want their humor back. (Serrano, were you really in a hurry to post that lame joke?)
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hoserfella
Gogogo - it's sexual assault. Are you suggesting it's ok?
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MapleG
Hair today--gone tomorrow.
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Suginamiguy
Imagine the furball he gets if he does this regularly. Japanese police seem to have a high rate of weirdos in it.
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orange
My skin is crawling just thinking about this. How utterly creepy. I bet he doesn't even get thrown off the force!
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yasukuni
The difference between the sexes ....
I just don't think I could get too upset if I was sitting in a restaurant and one of those cutespie female Jcops licked my hair from behind. Especially if then she arrested me on false pretenses and then .....okay I'll stop!
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yasukuni
iow, why aren't there more bad female cops with weird gaijin fetishes...
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Alex Einz
Yasukuni...you just havent been here long enough ;-)
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jonobugs
Smelling someone's hair I can understand (not that I would condone doing that to some stranger), but licking?
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jonobugs
I have to agree with Hoserfella on this one. While seemingly harmless (albeit weird) it's a form of sexual assault, the same way spitting on someone is an assault.
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hoserfella
Jonobugs- there's nothing seemingly harmless about it. It's sexual assault just the same as if he'd grabbed her ass. How would u feel if this greasy pig did the same to your daughter or wife, gf, whatever?
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gogogo
hoserfella: sexual assault? Seriously? I sexually assault alot of icecream in that case.
Sure it's totally weird and not cool but I don't think it is sexual assault.... just weird.
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Kiskipuich Vilaboa
Yeah it s ok No prob Wtf to lick a girl's hair so what!! Should worry about important issues and not the "oh my god he licked my hair I'm gonna die!! ""
Chucles):
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FightingViking
I think he's just about "ripe" for the "funny farm"...
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hoserfella
gogogo - so then I am free to grab your GF/wife's ass if it pleases me?
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Ben Jack
Maybe he just had a protein deficiency.
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Ben Jack
Exactly. Just because the act was more unusual, it does not make it any less harmful to the victim.
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WilliB
LOL, licking womens hair now! I have really come to expect JTs daily crazy cop story. Where in the world does the police department find these clowns?
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gogogo
hoserfella: If you sexually assault expect a punch in the face.
The guy is a freaking weirdo granted and I don't condone it but I don't think licking is sexual assault... that would mean if I stick out my tongue in public I threatening to sexually assault people.
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Al Stewart
KIMOCHI WARUI!!!
Guess i gotta watch my back now here in shizuoka. I'd rather you grab my butt or something. That is just disgusting.
wonder if he really has some illness or is that the cover story the police are using.
yuck!! Maybe he was looking for evidence. Poor lady, that is a night mare.
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JA_Cruise
The J-Police really need to invest in doing psychological testing before hiring these guys as cops. Is the job making them go crazy, or are they just nuts from the start???
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Tahoochi
What a freakin' weirdo. I agree with vctokyo; we need a police crimes category. Seriously don't believe this is worthy of 'Headline News'.
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enkeldika
How could you expect child prn in Japan would be stopped if the men who are supposed to arrest them do the same things? By God, life is getting weirder and weirder and weirder in Japan nowadays. And it's not the job which drives them insane, it's them who already mentally handicapped from the beginning and the cure for those sck prverted asholes it's nothing but a good old fashion broken nose!
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enkeldika
@gogogo
How do you feel when you are out in the middle of nowhere and out of the blue some old bloke lick your hair? Are you not feeling a little peeved and disgusted? I'll bet you punch that weirdo straight in the face.
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yildiray
He worked in forensics... Maybe he had suspicions of the woman being a cocaine user and was investigating evidence? (If Britney can shave her hair days before a child custody case and get away with it, he had to move fast!!!)
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Cletus
Obviously the entrance requirements to become a cop in Japan are not to high considering the amount of stories involving cops here doing stupid stuff like this. Maybe if they set the bar a bit higher....
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Darren Brannan
I think it is time for the Police section now. Come on JT give the people what they want! Lol
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Jack Stern
We often see monkeys groom other monkeys, maybe he thought he would groom the woman but he should have obtained permission first.
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that korean guy
you mean to tell me that hair-licking is illegal in japan?
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gogogo
@enkeldika: Yes I would, I'm not saying otherwise, was referring to the police charge not the action itself.
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rustyspanner
And away down the rabbit hole we go!
If a man pushes a woman out of anger, and brushes her breast, do we call it sexual assault?
If a man touches a woman's foot to satiate his foot fetish, is that sexual assault? How do we know he has a foot fetish anyway? Beat it out of him?
Is it sexual assault if the woman feels it is or the man thinks it is? Or if hoserfella thinks it is? Maybe we should just call all instances of males touching females without consent "sexual assault", unless the man can prove he is gay?
In the end, sexual assault is just not quite on the up and up. Punishing motive always gets a bit silly. Its all battery in my view and should just be punished in degrees of offense to the victim. No sense in a separate category, and no need either.
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Ben Jack
There is no rabbit hole. There is just common sense:
Probably not if there was no obvious intent to touch it.
Yes, it is assault if the intentional touching is not wanted.
Umm, you just said the action was to satiate his foot fetish, so obviously he has one in this case. What the heck is your point with this question?
It is sexual assault if it is intentional and unwanted on the part of the victim. It really is quite simple.
Terribly sorry, but it is for the victims of it. I am not quite sure why you constantly want to rationalize such behavior and attempt to confuse the issue. Sexual assault and consentual actions are not nearly the same thing.
I disagree completely. There are differences in sexual and racial offenses that affect the victims in profound ways in addition to any physical injuries that might occur. I believe it is very important to be sensitive to this and for laws related to these types of crimes to progress not devolve.
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Kokuzi
When confronted with the accusation, Detective Ichikawa stated, "I knew it was wrong, but I wanted to be like my heroes, Detective Sherlick Holmes and Detective Lick Tracey... I also idolize those female detectives, Kinky & Lacey." This guy is a lickhead dickhead! But I'm glad he didn't idolize Colonbo...
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gogogo
Yes, it is assault if the intentional touching is not wanted.
So that means every time I get on the train every morning and get pushed and cramped around by other people which I do not want it is sexual assault?
Your definition is too loose.
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Ben Jack
If they are touching you with the intent to sexually assault you, it is sexual assault. Amazing that this has to be explained.: Intent to assault + sexual = sexual assault.
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smithinjapan
The chikan-cop report for the day is in! Just waiting for the second one. Seriously, the police REALLY need to up their criteria for hiring, and do more thorough background checks, even throwing in a psych exam!
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Gurukun
Assult or Sexual assult, That is the question.
I think it's really up to how the "Lickee" describes the "Licker" and the circumstances that lead up to the "Licking" in the first place.
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Ben Jack
Gurukun,
Exactly.
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just-a-bigguy
Will he lost his 'pension'?
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viking68
It is battery. And it is probably simple assault, but only if she was scared.
I don't think you can go as far as sexual assault, but it depends on the local definition. Sexual assault is normally a toned down word for rape and carries various degrees depending on the state/country.
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nandakandamanda
Mixing his bodily juices with her DNA. Hmmm....
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PaulS
This is not new. A friend of mine, pretty foreign girl, was on the train back in 91'. She felt some strange tension in her very long hair. She turned around and the guy behind hers head went around too. Turns out he had swallowed all of her hair into his mouth. It was an amazing site because she had quite long hair. How that guy got all the hair in his mouth without alerting her was incredible.
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Christina O'Neill
Very strange behaviour, perhaps he missread the menu. I am pretty sure it was not the chefs speciality
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techall
.Maybe he was trying out for the K-9 section?
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Disillusioned
The j-cop stories get weirder each week! This one is a beauty! What a nutcase!
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J-Boh
Like others commenting here, I am surprised to find that licking someone's hair is a criminal offence.
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Ben Jack
There are many things that can become criminal offences under the right circumstances, licking, holding someones, etc.
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tugamen
Come on. He's a forensics officer, as such, he was just "ta(e)sting" the evidence froma case? LOL
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Ben Jack
Oops!
There are many things that can become criminal offences under the right circumstances, licking, holding someone's hand, etc.
Sorry!
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KariHaruka
This must be the weekly J-Cops shenanigans article. Not as good as last weeks one though.
But what weirdo licks some woman's hair?
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FightingViking
If he were, he'd be licking something else...
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Chaz Ed
Without reading the comments it seems to me that you have a lonely cop problem! At least their only licking hair and pinching ass! Here in the good ole USA and more specifically Memphis, we have cops that have been jailed for rape, drugs, and more! It got to the point that the police chief was ridiculed for not getting things under control! NOw he is replace by someone that understands the mess and is taking a hard line on his blue light troopers! Cop or no cop, he would be mine if a cop ever touched my daughter! He wouldn't see me coming, he would be on his knees holding his manhood for dear life! That being said! Not all cops are bad and I understand the job and the dregs of society they have to deal with each day! But the main reason they exist is to serve and protect! Never think a cop can protect anything! They usually only chase the bad guys because they themselves were maybe once one of the bad guys! At least once a week there is some cop or local political figure in the local news! I suppose no one is perfect but It's just freakin job not a lifestyle! But the good old buddy system sucks em in to become partners in crime! NOt all but one is too many!
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Pidestroika
From the "Encyclopedia of Unusual S Practises":
Trichophilia: refers to hair fetishes. Tripsolagnia - arousal from having hair manipulated or shampooed. ... A Time (May 18, 1992) article referred to a judge who was arrested by state troopers. It appears that the judge offered a "defendant leniency if he let the judge shampoo his hair. Further, suggested His Honor, the young man could get even more leniency if he brought in friends for a wash and rinse as well..."
Apparently you have no idea how weird our world is.
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oyatoi
Some are consumed by lust, others consume Lux. A worthy winner of this week`s award.
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trinklets2
Hair licking? Collecting forensic evidence? Probably! Or being ecological in getting off the lice! Yikes!
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Lamarr
Did he think that licking someone's hair would get him a lighter sentence than pinching her butt, or peering up her skirt?
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gelendestrasse
OK, this is just strange. Beyond otaku strange. What gets into some people?
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Kyle Sakic
Lol, something in that mans head told him to lick her hair. I couldn't imagine. Should keep your hands to yourself and your tonge.
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Skeeter27
It's totally sick!! The Japanese police are worried about image and I see why!! I just asked my wife if she had to choose a) have a 50 year old man grab her but or b) have her hair licked.... She said a) but seriously does not want either of them to happen! She said, "KIMOCHIWARUI!!!". Then asked me why are Japanese police so strange?? I had to ask her that back as she is Japanese..
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TokyoHipHop
She must have had festive edible looking hair as some do with shibuya fashion, still guy is a sick lame mo though.
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techall
@FightingViking:
Well we don't know that he doesn't.....his personal hygiene habits are not mentioned.
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krisallenation
The only thing that it's not funny is that he has my surname...
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FightingViking
@techall:
Must be an excellent gymnast in that case ! Should participate in the Olympics !
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darkwolf15455
What is with this cops breaking the law
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lostrune2
He was just doing a CSI investigation on a possible suspect's hair, s'all!
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Arsenio Buck
At least lick the skin...if you're going to do something outlandish. Hair? Was it worth losing your job and being detained? Shoulder...maybe. LOL
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Noliving
Well seeing as this was a police officer that had a gun on him during the time this sexual assault was committed......it's kind of amazing that japan's mental health screening for police officer applicants didn't catch this, you gotta question how safe you feel with Japanese cops with guns on them compared to american cops that have guns on them.
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PT24881
What's the issue ? Apparently, licking someone' s hair is not an offense ? ( please state your input as per precise articles of the Japanese Law ) The cop was only trying to find threads for tooth cleaning after meal st the restaurant I presume..
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jj1980
I had to laugh when someone said licking her hair wasn't a sexual offense. Really? I mean why else would this weirdo do so? Perhaps her hair smelled like cotton candy, so he wanted to find out if her hair tastes as good as it smelled? FFS get a clue.
Also why can't the Japanese commit American style crimes? LOL wow! Be glad the Japanese don't commit so many of foreign crimes that have results that are 9/10 deadly. I rather my wife be creeped out by some weirdo who licked her hair vice a rape, robbery, or worse.
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yasukuni
Somewhere in Tokyo there is probably a hair-licking cafe. Maybe he got the address wrong. Like the Monty Python argument clinic. "Sorry the cafe with the maids whose hair you can lick is next door".
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kitzrow
Got my friend interested in reading Japan Today and his only comment on this article was, "And I thought we were weird in California." LOL LOL
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