The big Japanese problem of sniffers on the train (5 photos)

Remember how Japanese men wanted a separate subway car for themselves, just like women? Now I understand why. Because there is a big scandal and social problem in Japan after a man was taken to the police for standing close to a girl and sniffing her hair on the train.





No, he is not stealing, her wallet is not there, it is in her bag...

That is, not just one man, there was a whole wave of arrests for such "non-contact stalking". Until a critical mass was accumulated, so that even the non-confrontational Japanese would raise a scandal.

What is "non-contact stalking"

This is not exactly stalking, in fact it is quite common in Japan, so much so that girls are even issued with memos on how to protect themselves from stalking.

This is already a whole harassment, when you come up and sniff the perfume or hair of the victim, and even worse - blow on him and stare point-blank. Now this is too much, maybe my gaze is like that - intent and unblinking!?



My usual look in the supermarket

You can't sit too close on public transport either, and you can't whisper comments about a person that that person can hear. You want to raise your hand and ask: "Is it even possible to breathe?"

Who is right, who is wrong

In fact, "this z-z-z is not without reason." Because girls on Japanese trains really do encounter all sorts of maniacs and impudent people groping them in cramped conditions more often than others. They have a special name - chikanschiki, and even their own forums on the Internet! (too bad I don't know Japanese well enough to read maniac forums, it's interesting).





Japanese women's carriage as seen by foreigners

The Japanese even come up with all sorts of inventions, crazy as always. For example, an INVISIBLE stamp on a maniac, which you then have to look for with the included ultraviolet flashlight.

Moreover, this excessive closeness between men and women is often forced and does not please anyone. After all, in Japan it is customary to "shove" people into the train so that they all fit during rush hour. If you are shoved into a woman, you will not only smell her, you will taste her hair.



The man is clearly harassing the woman in red!

However, every fifth female student in Japan has been harassed by chikanschiks, according to a survey.

And the number of such harassments is only growing, because Japanese women consider it shameful to report it and the maniacs feel their impunity. As I already said, Japanese women are to blame themselves, they feel sorry to waste time on a civic position, report it to the police and, perhaps, scare the chikanschik and thereby save some schoolgirl next time.

And so the man was fined 40 thousand yen for simply standing and sniffing a girl. He paid the fine, although he said that he did not consider his actions illegal. And in some ways he is right, all this "non-contact harassment" is not limited by law.



Yes, this is a Japanese carriage with cats, even cats have their own carriage

Soon it will be forbidden to breathe in the direction of another person in Japan. Do you know that they have a problem with "mood harassment" at work? This is when the boss puffs loudly or clicks his tongue in disappointment at your words, thereby showing aggressive displeasure! And this supposedly upsets the Japanese.