Mainichi
An official with the Tokyo Taxation Bureau has been arrested for groping a woman on a Tokyo subway train earlier this month, police said.
Yoshikazu Abe, 43, from Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, groped a 20-year-old woman on a Chiyoda Line train between Yushima and Shin-Ochanomizu stations on the morning of May 11....more...
University of Tokyo law professor nabbed for groping woman on train
Mainichi
A University of Tokyo law professor who groped a woman on a train on the JR Yamanote Line was arrested for violating a Tokyo prefectural ordinance banning people from creating a public nuisance, it has emerged.
Arrested was Tsunemasa Arikawa, a professor at the university's Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations against him....more...
Cross-dressing man busted for molesting woman on train
Mainichi
A cross-dressing man who molested a woman on a Tokyo train has been arrested, police said.
Yoshihiro Tanabe, 51, a jobless man living in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, is accused of indecent assault.
Tanabe admitted to the allegations during questioning. "I thought I wouldn't be arrested because I was cross-dressed," he was quoted as telling investigators. Tanabe, who had long hair, has told police that he loves cross-dressing....more...
