Japanese police warn schoolgirls about subway visitors as they take national university entrance exams. At Tokyo’s Shinjuku Central Station, with its millions of passengers a day, before the start of the two-day tests, in which hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren from all over the country participate at the same time, the police called for an end to the “Chikan” (tangible) problem, as the newspaper “Nikkan Sports” reported on Wednesday.
In Japan’s chronically overcrowded subways, women can easily fall victim to groping. “Chikan” is such a serious problem that there are women-only compartments at certain times.
The two exam days decide on the future of the university and therefore also on the career of the young Japanese. The stress for young people is correspondingly high. Traffic reports and weather forecasts are closely monitored to ensure you can show up at the national test centers on the day the test begins. Hotels in the area are fully booked. Exceptions are only made in case of illness with a doctor’s certificate.
Subway gropers take advantage of desperation
Japan’s subway gropers know that young people will do anything to appear for the test. According to the newspaper, there are always malicious messages on the internet, such as one from last year, in which someone wrote: “The examinees do not report this, you can grope them all you want”. The police are cracking down on perpetrators on trains and convicts risk prison sentences. In order not to be suspected, some men always hold their arms up in the crowded lanes. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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