Things Not to Do in Japan

The Lord of Truth sent this to me last week, but I neglected to post it...

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.

...While train authorities began to encourage women to report groping to authorities, many still call it a "nuisance" rather than a crime. Gropers can be imprisoned for up to seven years.

You know, I didn't think Bill Clinton visited Japan last year.

Seriously, I doubt anyone is shocked by the schoolgirls in uniforms getting groped. But you'd think the prospect of seven years in jail would deter some would-be gropers.