Serial groper caught in the act on Yokohama train

Tuesday 30th June, 02:19 PM JST

YOKOHAMA —

A 33-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly groping in a train after he was caught touching a high school girl on his way to work, police said.

According to police, at around 7:25 a.m., the suspect—identified as Kiyoshi Mori—was riding the JR Yokohama line when he stood behind a 16-year-old female high school student and touched her buttocks. The girl grabbed his hand and held onto him until the train pulled in to the next station, where she handed him over to station staff.

According to police, Mori has admitted to the charge, and was quoted as saying that he had groped women about 200 times since the summer of 2005. Mori told police he committed the crimes casually and on a regular basis, traveling in trains going in the opposite direction from his company until his 8 a.m. shift.

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jackfish at 09:54 AM JST - 3rd July

Aspara: I was not aware of that rule. Its odd then that it is openly sold in security shops in Tokyo. Maybe I should just buy her a telescopic club? :) Whack to the hand!
norinrad21 at 03:01 PM JST - 3rd July

Caught in the act
Toecutter at 03:02 PM JST - 3rd July

@Disillusioned

I saw a similar incident in a Department store, on the escalators. A perv was "upskirting" some schoold girls with a video camera he had in his man-bag, which was resting on his knee, just a few cm`s below the hem of the girls skirts. They were going up and I was on the other escalator going down, when I saw it I pointed at him and started yelling that he was filming up the girls skirts and started laughing. It got everyones attention. The guy was so embarrased he took off past the girls up the escaltor.

I know he got away, but it was an effective way to stop him without getting arrested for assault. It is an unfortunate fact of life here that the foreigner will always be the "most suspect" person first, especially where they try to intervene in these situations, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt draw attention to it.
Nessie at 04:29 PM JST - 3rd July

I know he got away, but it was an effective way to stop him without getting arrested for assault. It is an unfortunate fact of life here that the foreigner will always be the "most suspect" person first

Upskirting schoolgirls is about the only time the foreigner WON'T be the most suspect person first!
BeaverCleaver at 06:02 PM JST - 3rd July

This is what happens when good samaritans assume too much.

http://www.kansascity.com/437/story/1302445.html
BurakuminDes at 06:36 PM JST - 3rd July

As previous posters mentioned, gaijin should NEVER be tempted to do the good samaritan thing here...it will only end in disaster. If you see one of these train gropers/perverts, just turn the other way. Intervening will mean YOU will end up being a suspect - and who would believe a white fella over the respectable salaryman? Certainly not J-Cops (some of whom are also veteran train-gropers)
BBLeo at 07:48 PM JST - 3rd July

Is touching a sex satisfaction??? Please get him a good female shrink to teach him how to respect females.
BeaverCleaver at 09:30 PM JST - 3rd July

BurakuminDes-"As previous posters mentioned, gaijin should NEVER be tempted to do the good samaritan thing here...it will only end in disaster. If you see one of these train gropers/perverts, just turn the other way."

So quick to throw your hands in the air? How about alerting a nearby Japanese and pressing him or her to take action? How not even addressing the problem directly and just go ask directions to the station and keep pestering him for details or something stupid like that to ruin the whole thing for gropers or whoever? There is no need to get the cops or even get violent. Just be a pest and act ignorant of the real reason for being there. You think he is going to call the cops? Well, if he does, let him. Then walk away. He gets violent toward you, walk away. You've already ruined it for him. That is all that matters.
LazarusJX at 12:01 AM JST - 4th July

...female -> train coach #1 + male -> train coach #2 = no more groping... I don't think it's that hard to implement...unless it is not favorable for the law makers...
nandakandamanda at 12:04 AM JST - 4th July

200 times since the summer of 2005! The stress of turning 30? What did he do before that, I wonder?
elbudamexicano at 06:32 AM JST - 4th July

Is touching a satisfaction? duh! of course it is! the human touch is one of the ways we humans get sexually turned on, infact it is probably one of the strongest turn ons for men, right up their with our visual turn on, yes, that is why most men go bonkers when we see a nice pair of Ts and As, simple human sexuality, if you do not know this, then take a wild guess why these pervs on the train are doing it, plus here in Japan, it is a HUGE TABOO to touch others, this is why they bow and not shake hands!
bushlover at 03:16 PM JST - 6th July

I always love the way they admit to 100s of other incidents like it's so common place for them it's got to be ok. Is this beaten out of them?
nandakandamanda at 03:31 PM JST - 6th July

elbudamexico, why is your post so faint and difficult to read?

My wife constantly smacks my arm when she finds my hand in the Cornflakes box. She says I am a cereal groper too.

Groping must give intense pleasure in guilty little sweaty sexual buzzes. Definitely a kind of sickness, an addiction like with drugs.
corinnajune at 05:26 PM JST - 6th July

there is something that strikes me as very sad about all of these groping incidents. of course it's frightening for the victims... but it seems that some basic human need (and not just the need for sex) is not being met, which creates people desperate for human touch at any cost.

sorry, i'm probably just over-thinking it because i am tired. it just makes me kind of sad. where is the 'free hugs campaign' when you need them ;)?
Midnightpromise at 03:55 PM JST - 7th July

If he had tried to grope my Grape Nuts he would be in for a surprise. Oops, serial not cereal, never mind.