Tokyo trains defaced with graffiti

Friday 26th September, 10:33 AM JST

TOKYO —

Trains on the Tokyu Oimachi and subway lines were defaced with graffiti on September 16 and 17 respectively, police said Thursday.

According to police, station staff found two train cars spraypainted with graffiti at Futagotamagawa Station in Setagaya around 4:30 a.m. on Sept 16. On Sept 17, graffiti was found all over Tokyo Metro’s subway trains at its depot in Shiohama early in the morning. Their operation schedules were not affected by the graffiti, the companies said.

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BBLeo at 01:12 PM JST - 26th September

Graffiti is an art but against the law, 'IS IT?' Where was the security at the time?
japanyesterday at 01:16 PM JST - 26th September

goes well with the whole 80s trend thing going on right now
MichaelJP at 01:19 PM JST - 26th September

yokkatane "Their operation schedules were not affected by the graffiti"

Unlike here in Australia, the first site of graffiti on a train they will take it out of service and disrupt operations.

In Australia, that's just an excuse to cover up constant schedule disruptions due to poorly maintained trains and equipment, and untrained late or missing staff.

Moderator: Stay on topic please. Australia is not relevant to this discussion.
USARonin at 01:24 PM JST - 26th September

Self-promoting egotistcal anti-social juvenile vandalism.

Make a painful example of them for other would-be social psychopaths.

USAR
tclh at 02:25 PM JST - 26th September

"nice" graffiti. Where are the artists? Pity ,they should come out and reap the reward of their labours.
CavemanLawyer at 02:26 PM JST - 26th September

Make a painful example of them for other would-be social psychopaths.

Why yes. If your going to be a social psychopath, we should funnel them into anything but graffiti. Yeahright.
USARonin at 02:32 PM JST - 26th September

If one or a couple of citizens were to eff them up, or if they "fell down" a couple of times on the way to the koban, I didn't see anthin'.

You, C?
gogogo at 03:04 PM JST - 26th September

They should leave it on there and use the train, it looks really good.
dennis0bauer at 03:11 PM JST - 26th September

I hope they catch those "foreign" graffiti artists :p
akuma1985 at 04:10 PM JST - 26th September

nice pieces lol
Richard_III at 04:26 PM JST - 26th September

Equivalent to the "man falls off bike in the village" story really.
jmarc at 06:31 PM JST - 26th September

well know Tokyo is a modern international city.. it has all the drawback too.. Taggs showing up
btanimoto at 03:52 AM JST - 27th September

Japan is the one place I had hoped that graffiti wouldn't emerge. It's the one so-called form of "self expression" that I wish wouldn't be "copied" from Americans like everything else is, by young Japanese so desperate to establish an identity. I thought that growing up Japanese was still good for instilling that all important Moral Compass. Guess no one knows how to read one of those things anymore.

Knowing their potential for artistic detail though, you might see some amazing pieces of work pretty soon.
kavikahi at 05:02 PM JST - 27th September

I would have avoided using the word "respectively" where it is in the article. It is possible to promote "graffiti" art however and not commit a crime.
SpanishEyez37 at 02:26 PM JST - 1st October

Ahh feels like home (New York).