Two members of train groping gang grabbed on Saikyo line in Saitama

Thursday 04th December, 12:00 PM JST

SAITAMA —

Police on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old Japan Post employee and a 53-year-old part-time office worker for allegedly groping a 22-year-old woman in a train car on the Saikyo Line around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The victim told police two other men groped her and fled before she could spot them.

Hiroyoshi Hoshino, who works in the legal department of Japan Post, and Yasuhiro Adachi, a part-time worker, were detained by the victim and other passengers after they allegedly groped her in the commuter train for 18 minutes between Akabane and Musashi-Urawa stations.

The victim told police that a man started groping her first and three other men suddenly surrounded her, even though the train was not overly crowded. The woman yelled out and grabbed one of the men, while some passengers helped detain the second man. The two other suspects fled.

Hoshino was quoted by police as saying, “Adachi started groping her first. I thought it was also OK for me to do so.”

Police said Hoshino admits to the allegation while Adachi denies it. Police believe they contacted each other on an Internet site about groping because the two suspects say they had never met before.

Wire reports

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kjunluc2 at 09:21 AM JST - 5th December

Groping has become a team game in Japan? Wonder if these guys have designed a team uniform yet.

This poor gal must release some pretty powerful pheremones.
likeitis at 09:27 AM JST - 5th December

It's not groping, it's sexual assault.

Groping is a form of sexual assault. The article is just being clear by calling a horse a horse instead of calling a horse the more general term mammal. There is nothing wrong with clarity. If they said sexual assault many here would imagine it was rape and that would really throw a wrench into the discussion.
ALHQQ at 05:59 PM JST - 5th December

Hoshino was quoted by police as saying, “Adachi started groping her >first. I thought it was also OK for me to do so.”

I cannot believe an adult would say this. IT IS NEVER OK TO GROPE SOMEONE ON A TRAIN...Japan needs to do some educational commercials to address suicide, depression, human sexuality and human relations...
ALHQQ at 06:05 PM JST - 5th December

WOMAN, FIGHT BACK
European1 at 02:15 PM JST - 6th December

One admits one denier. Lock them both up quick and chase the other two

Don`t worry, they will do. After all this is japan 99.8% guilty
European1 at 02:17 PM JST - 6th December

I cannot believe an adult would say this. IT IS NEVER OK TO GROPE SOMEONE ON A TRAIN...Japan needs to do some educational commercials to address suicide, depression, human sexuality and human relations...

I believe he was asked to say. I agree, it`s not OK to grab someone, but it is shame in this country to talk about such things, first of all at school. Just がまんしてください must be taken, but it will explode, sooner or later.
kawabunga at 03:00 PM JST - 6th December

Use those high heels ladies!
LFRAgain at 06:32 PM JST - 6th December

WOMAN, FIGHT BACK

She did. That's why they have two of these ass-hats in custody.

Kudos to her. I hope other women take her courage to heart and follow her example in not allowing one to remain a silent victim. Perhaps someday, we can even be rid of these defeatist "Women Only" trains that serve to enable the twisted a-holes who go to these websites and plot their sexual assaults. I'd love to catch one of these bastards myself.
norinrad21 at 06:26 PM JST - 7th December

Saitama
Plansguy351 at 03:01 PM JST - 8th December

It has nothing to do with her and everything to do with Japanese mentality. These sick individuals need to be arrested and labeled "SEX OFFENDERS". Make them wear a sign that says; "I GROPE WOMEN." Then the police need to take them back behind the police station and beat the ever living hell out of them!! Nothing says you care nor gets your attention like a good old fashion ASS Whooping!!!!
kawaiitenshi at 12:35 AM JST - 9th December

It's a shame people don't try help groping victims like this more often! Happened to me in Nagoya, Osaka and Himeji during my daily commutes. Usually just ends in tears and the other passengers staring at you as if you are the bad person... wouldn't wish this upon anybody! It's not like a quick pinch... it's being felt up. This scared me from using trains for a while... last time it happened, ended up with the culprit begging the police to keep me away from him.
frontandcentre at 02:30 PM JST - 10th December

I hope she kicked them both in the nuts before they were taken away. Chikan disgust me
weatherjp at 04:08 PM JST - 10th December

Original article:

調べによると３日午後９時２５分ごろ、赤羽−武蔵浦和駅間を走行中の新宿発川越行き通勤快速電車の先頭車両で、ドア付近にいた無職女性（２２）に接近。約２０分間にわたり星野容疑者は胸付近、安達容疑者は尻付近を触った疑い。

They touched her over a period of 20 minutes.

Moderator: Please do not post Japanese text here.
elbudamexicano at 05:50 PM JST - 10th December

On my first trip ever down to Osaka, I will never forget this one woman who actually confronted the dude who felt her up on the train. She followed him as he was trying to quickly leave, and says, "OMAE, ATASI WO SAWATANNYARO?", Hey, you just felt me up, din't you? She tured the guy around, and slapped the cigarret out of his mouth and then she began to slap the holy crap out of this guy in front of everybody as she was yelling "BAKA" you stupid idiot to the pervert. Good people down in Osaka know how to handle these sexually deranged perverts better than Tokyo nor Saitama.
Nessie at 07:23 PM JST - 10th December

Classic, Elbud. Nice to see a j-woman get in touch with her inner obasan.