
Japan’s “shōtengai,” or shopping arcades, typically a covered approach to a station lined by small shops, as well as its high streets, have increasingly come to resemble deserted avenues lined by shutters, especially in the nation’s increasingly depopulated and geriatric regional cities.
Dubbed “shutter-dōri,” or “shutter streets,” these streets have become a potent symbol of urban decay and the demographic and economic collapse Japan faces.
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A chikan has been arrested after apparently grabbing a schoolgirl’s breasts to stop them shaking during what must have been a particularly rough train ride.
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A denizen of 2ch relates the events he saw unfold on a packed Tokyo train.
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Japanese asked what they think the strangest and most odd things about the nation’s capital are in comparison to the rest of Japan gave a list likely to be familiar to residents and visitors alike…
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The arrest of a “female chikan,” a near mythic object of fantasy for many male Japanese commuters, has resulted in more than a few dreams being shattered after it was revealed that the chikan was not only a woman, but had also apparently been groping scores of men, all without so much as a single complaint.
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Police arrested a woman for groping a man in rare example of female on male groping action.
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Vania 600, an unknown artist of great skill, is introduced below – his fine works cover a variety of subjects but trains and girls in uniforms seem foremost among them.
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Japan’s latest high speed train looks set to be called “Hatsune” after Miku fans noticed it shared a colour-scheme with the virtual idol and flooded an online competition to select a name for the train.
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Frenzied otaku have brought dozens of trains to a standstill thanks to their desire to photograph Asuka, delaying 13,000 commuters and causing transport chaos.
Police had to eject the maniacal throng from the premises to avert further delays.
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Japanese women asked to rate the most unseemly and embarrassing conduct they felt a boyfriend could get up to provide a list which might lend some insight into just how best to avoid looking an utter fool in the eyes of the fairer sex.
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Japanese men asked to rank the most embarrassing things their girlfriends got up to offer up an interesting selection of presumably not uncommon faux pas.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 12, 2010 03:03 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Chikan, Crime, Exhibitionism, Internet, Pantsu, Police, Skirts, Tokyo, Trains

An anonymous post apparently calling for a mass gathering of exhibitionists on Tokyo’s trains prompted a massive police response, with 60 officers crowding the threatened station, but nobody came.
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