And You Thought the Metro Was Bad

Almost a month old, but this was one more story from the Lord of Truth that needed to be aired...

A record 2,201 cases of groping on Tokyo commuter trains were reported to police last year, with more than half committed during the jam-packed morning rush hour, police said Tuesday.

The complaints, the largest number since police started the tracking the problem more than 40 years ago, led to 1,897 arrests for groping in 2004, police said.

Groping has long been a problem on Tokyo's crowded subways and other commuter trains, particularly during the morning and late-night rush hours. Passengers are often tightly pressed against each other, an inviting environment for potential offenders.

Teenage girls, many of them in miniskirt school uniforms, were the most frequent targets, and accounted for about one-third of the victims, police said.

Maybe it's just me, but perhaps they need to reconsider the uniforms.