Girls’ underwear found at the apartment of Masanobu Iguchi in Yokohama.

4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata

Friday 29th August, 10:29 AM JST

TOKYO —

Arrests were made in four lingerie theft cases Thursday in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata Prefectures, with four men charged.

In Chiba Prefecture, a 18-year-old college student was arrested for allegedly stealing 44 sets of underwear belonging to small children from a kindergarten in Matsudo City around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday.

In Aichi Prefecture, Takayuki Komura, 24, who is a part-time employee at the child welfare department of the Okazai city office, was arrested for allegedly stealing 115 items of girls’ underwear and sandals from a changing room at a primary school in the city on the afternoon of July 25 while children were playing in the pool.

In Kanagawa, Masanobu Iguchi, 47, was arrested for allegedly stealing schoolgirls’ swimsuits in Yokohama on July 13. Police found about 5,000 items of female underwear at his apartment. Iguchi had earlier been arrested for peeping up schoolgirls’ skirts on Aug 8. Iguchi told police he had been stealing female underwear for 10 years.

Meanwhile, in Niigata, Kazuhito Okamoto, 49, was arrested for stealing two pairs of panties from a clothesline at a house in Nishikan Ward on Thursday at around 1 a.m.

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nutsagain at 03:34 PM JST - 29th August

What do they do with them? They sniff 'em, that's what.
GeorgeRoper at 03:37 PM JST - 29th August

Who would want to sniff them, what for?

The thought of sniffing my wife Mildreds underwear is disgusting, yuck.
TokyoVP at 04:14 PM JST - 29th August

The fanatical pursuit of perfection...applied by perverts!
bushlover at 04:33 PM JST - 29th August

Who'd proudly admit "I've been stealing underwear for 10 years now!!"? A sick perv who thinks it's normal is who. They need to have their heads kicked around some to knock some sense into them. But at least it's better than stabbing people.
Freespeech at 05:31 PM JST - 29th August

Just another perversion, rather common in Japan, maybe less so elsewhere ?

The preoccupying thing is : what could this mania evolve into once the shitagi sniffer has had enough of it ?
kavikahi at 05:46 PM JST - 29th August

Great for the under garment biz. Not so great a fixation.
nutsagain at 06:20 PM JST - 29th August

kavikahi:To each his own... sniff.

~(8(I)
franz75 at 07:55 PM JST - 29th August

Since there is no panty vending machines around, this is the only solution.

Bring back the vending machines and create a Paspo card.
TheNewZen at 09:40 PM JST - 29th August

Not sure what the big deal is.

I happens globally, yeah sure there are no lolita, teens, school-girls etc fans worldwide. Got me fooled as any search on google will result in links that will make anyone blush. And the sources are worldwide. Could go　into　details/examples but not worth it.

No need　to go beyond barely legal, etc, the under-belly of society is the same globally.

Once you got your own country-men & ladies need to drop their fetishes before you can criticize Japan, etc IMO. Seen how non-US people(if I say White I get censored) are portrayed in porn.

As a side-note seen sites with japanese hentai stuff that stated that they characters are 18+yrs old. How do you verify a drawn characters age? And from　the drawing style those are NON-japanese.

So give it a rest.
medievaltimes at 12:31 AM JST - 30th August

The New Zen -

You are certainly entitled to your opinions just like the rest of us...but lets cut to the chase. Do you really think this sort of thing happens less in Japan than lets say Canada? By saying "it happens globally" thats what you imply. What a load of garbage.

Its not to say it never happens in Canada(or any other country). Its just saying it happens more in Japan from that individuals perspective due to fill in the blank.

We are not talking 100% or 0%...there are shades of gray.
buggerlugs at 12:37 AM JST - 30th August

So glad I didn't move to matsudo like I planned too... my kids may have been at that kindergarten... If I found some sick twat like that I would beat him to a pulp for going near my kids. TheNewZen, my kids are part japanese,being raised in Japan, so I feel free to critize the country and the system that is supposedly there to protect them from this type of rubbish!! does Japan protect its children...NO!! a cop pimping out schoolgirls gets 300,000 yen fine, perverts get a slap on the wrists. Japanese pedaphiles who get caught in Thailand get protected by the Japanese government!! Sickness is here in Japan.
CavemanLawyer at 07:40 PM JST - 30th August

buggerlugs,

Before I was frozen in that icy crevasse so many thousands of years ago, we did not even have underwear. It is hard for me to understand your modern attachment to such things. But since you seem so incredibly concerned about the safety of your children's undergarments and feel the Japanese system is failing to protect them, I have to wonder: Why do you live here? It is not just Matsudo, as you yourself have stated, so why not get you children's underwear out now, while there is still time?

--Cirroc
Skywards at 02:21 AM JST - 2nd September

Notice that the first three incidents described occurred when the owners were elsewhere and not in a position to challenge or defend their items. The college student taking from the kids-boot him hard!

I imagine that the clothing thefts affected the kids and may have caused problems in homes where money is scarce.

The thieves need psychological help but they also need to make amends to places where the youth had their belongings snatched. Little kids can develop fears too easily over one incident.
Hoolie at 12:16 PM JST - 4th September

The thieves need psychological help

You think so?

Let's review:

18-year-old college student was arrested for allegedly stealing 44 sets of underwear belonging to small children from a kindergarten

He doesn't need psychological help, he needs a thorough beating, lengthy prison term, chemical castration and an ankle bracelet for life.

24... part-time employee at the child welfare department... stealing 115 items of girls’ underwear and sandals from a changing room at a **primary school **

Same basic kind of sick pervert as the case above, but made worse by the fact that he was employed in a position where he was trusted to oversee the safety and well being of children.

He deserves the same as the 18 year old above, except he should serve his prison term in general population.

The other two cases at least involved post-pubescents.... they still need a hitch behind bars, neutering and monitoring.
BlackTieAffair at 06:40 AM JST - 5th September

Stealing panties is what serial rapists,killers and molesters do. I'm not sure why they did it, but the only hope they have of getting over it would be going to counseling. The part I would be the most upset over would be the stealing. It's one thing for a guy to have a woman's underwear fetish, no law against that - then okay, go buy some women's underwear. But to actually be stealing it is a bit childish.