Article: 64 percent of women aged 20-30 groped on Tokyo trains, survey finds


AP Worldstream
11-23-2004
Dateline: TOKYO
Nearly 64 percent of Japanese women in their 20s and 30s surveyed said they have been groped on trains, subways or at transit stations in Tokyo, according to a news report Tuesday.

Women polled by the Tokyo metropolitan government and railway operator JR East found almost two-thirds were fondled while commuting on the transit system, the national Yomiuri newspaper reported. Most said they were fondled on several occasions in the past year.

Groping has long been a problem on Tokyo's crowded commuter trains and subways, particularly during the morning and late-night rush hours.

In recent years "women only" cars have been used in December, when trains ...

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