Japan Perverts

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日本語/Japanese
Sun 2007/05/27 00:25
For those who don't read Japanese, this sign says "Warning: Perverts lurking."
This sort of 'pervert warning' sign can be spotted throughout Japan. Don't know what it is with Japan and pervs but a lot of it seems to happen on trains too which has lead to women only train carriages (read how my colleague got groped in that post).

I didn't see such signs when I was living back in the UK although a few of my Japanese friends encountered a flasher on the underground...
I suspect each country has its share of pervs. Maybe they should be given a free supply of Tenga so that they can keep their hands to themselves.
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Kar22 in Tokyo (Registered on 2007/01/08 18:44)
Accountant
See these signs every day on the way to work. Never seen a pervert myself though (I think).
(ID #48573) Posted on 2007/05/27 01:38
HaoDesu (Registered on 2009/02/04 08:27)
Video game developer
Ever heard of ninja perverts?
(ID #514304) Posted on 2009/03/09 04:43
kca in Hanoi (Registered on 2007/02/10 16:25)
Bouty hunter
YEah, so Mirai should have more than 18 years old ^^
(ID #48574) Posted on 2007/05/27 02:08
D_Blade in Montreal (Registered on 2007/01/01 00:00)
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
With a rather inexistent crime rate (I would say rapes and/or aggressions in that case), deviant Japanese people compensate with less repressed behaviors... And being a pervert/stalker is one of them.

Allowing certain clichés in culture (strange fanservice) or not going against certain practices (I still don't understand the idea of USED schoolgirls' panties in certain vending machines by the way) could encourage them to continue being this way, but I am not the one to judge about it.

Japanese culture is decidedly unique to my sense.   
(ID #48575) Posted on 2007/05/27 02:15
-XYZPDQ in Pennsylvania, United States (Registered on 2007/01/01 15:24)
Student Engineer
Yeah there is a fare share everywhere, including the USA. I would say that they are lonely more than anything, however that doesn't give them the right to go around touching women, at all. Nothing wrong with admiring women, but when backed into a corner or they feel uncomfortable at your staring, time to stop.

Of course not many guys can do that, but a relationship should be more than "doing" or "pondering" the down and nasty. I look at it this way: respect a woman like any other person, because if you get beat to a pulp I will be laughing =). The "nasty" is a bonus in a relationship when two are comitted to each other. It's gotta be more than just the nasty.

Um here in the USA we have no such signs. Try and grab something though, and you are likely to either face lawsuit, or beat to a pulp (and you can't hit back). More than likely the latter =D Again I will be laughing at those brave enough to try =D

(ID #48576) Posted on 2007/05/27 02:28
CrazyAnimeTuga in Portugal (Registered on 2007/01/03 03:24)
Student
Everibody has a pervert side but this is to much, it's true that Japan men are really pervs according to what some friends of mine told me when they went to Japan but this is to much. We don't have those types of signs here, if a man or woman (can't imagine a perv woman in public street) acts like a person then he/she will be in a world of pain ^^, normaly when a man acts as a perv in front of a woman the most common thing to happen is that he will slapped or even punched by that woman and there'll be cops of course on him ^^
(ID #48577) Posted on 2007/05/27 02:37
Subaruhess in UK (Registered on 2006/12/24 23:49)
Looks like the jokes I herd about this are true, I guess japan is quite dense when it comes to this problem. No you can't be a pervert here go away, the sign says so! ^^;,
(ID #48578) Posted on 2007/05/27 03:02
syrix in U.S. (Registered on 2007/03/21 10:42)
student
Every place has a pervert.  Living is so condense in Japan that people can cop a feel while claiming it to be an "accident" in my opinion.  I hear women only sections are getting more popular due to the rise of perverts.
(ID #48579) Posted on 2007/05/27 03:12
Sakimichi in Philippines (Registered on 2007/05/14 15:17)
Scanlator, iCONIST, Web master
It's the first time i've seen a sign "Beware of perverts" 
*remembers shoujo manga* I've never rode a train before (hmm...i wonder how it feels)
(ID #48588) Posted on 2007/05/27 04:11
Tiny Red Man in Tiny Red Dot, Singapore. (Registered on 2007/04/11 18:03)
Dog of the Country
somehow, singapore also has pervs. they often take upskirts of girls on escalators, or from some funny angle that can allow them to shoot the pantsu. and the recent shopping centres also encourage such things...hard to explain though.lol..
(ID #48590) Posted on 2007/05/27 04:45
Aya Kyunik in Melbourne, Australia (Registered on 2007/05/22 17:50)
Hobby Store clerk guy thing...
hmm, I'm actually not sure about my area o_O;

So far I havn't really seen anyone doing lewd act in public. Maybe I just live in the wrong area to observe these people then XD
(ID #48592) Posted on 2007/05/27 05:05
Jay Cee in São Paulo, Brazil (Registered on 2007/02/08 04:06)
We don't have these signs in Brazil. But in São Paulo we do have the women only train carriages.
(ID #48593) Posted on 2007/05/27 05:12
Otaku Blue in London (Registered on 2007/05/12 23:44)
Student
In the UK, as you said Danny, we don't have much of a pervert problem. I guess it's because most of them dont openley go around being perverts. They usually do it in secret and thats why we dont know they are there XD In the UK its mostly people trying to chat women up than trying to grope them i think.
(ID #48594) Posted on 2007/05/27 05:21
tymmur in his top secret nuclear bunker (Registered on 2008/01/20 19:55)
maybe it's because it's hard to get anywhere in London without getting caught by a police camera. I can imagine if anybody tries to group somebody then the police would have a picture of the offender in no time.
(ID #194120) Posted on 2008/05/23 03:13
radical anime fan in 2009 Singapore. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:32)
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
well, i suppose its a well known fact that Singapore is a pretty strict country... that and a lack of areas for pervs to thrive. to combat pervs, remove their habitat(dark corners, etc.)?
(ID #48595) Posted on 2007/05/27 05:35
jonhohx in adelaide (Registered on 2007/05/14 20:43)
filmaker
as yoda would say - seem to b a lack of perverts because disguised as catholic priests they be
(ID #48596) Posted on 2007/05/27 05:53
Edward in SE Michigan/Osaka (Registered on 2006/12/24 13:14)
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Can't really think of any place I have been that doesn't have perverts.  Anywhere you have people you find them doing their thing.  Wait long enough and you will see it happen to someone.  Like the guy who touched my fiancee's bottom.  Grrr... 

I think we are more aware of what we see in other cultures and countries than we are of our own.  Many of the Japanese I have known see such things as a problem, but explain it away as part of life in Japan.  A young female friend once said something to this affect.  As a young Japanese woman she is careful on the trains at home, but see nothing wrong with riding a subway late at night here in the U.S.

Of course the following doesn't apply to you Danny or most of us here.  That is, many here in the west are quick to follow in the fad of pointing out the faults of others -whether it's another's culture or organization- as if they have none of their own.  As Christ said, let he among you without sin cast the first stone.

Err, I will surrender the soapbox now... ^^;

(ID #48597) Posted on 2007/05/27 07:30
X-Gear in his room (Registered on 2007/01/18 18:12)
College student
Everyone is a pervert but i guess there are extreme ones that are desperate and sick.
(ID #48598) Posted on 2007/05/27 07:56
Trent in Minnesota (Registered on 2007/02/10 16:25)
Otaku
I have never really encountered any big perverts (but then again, I'm a guy). My sister is a waitress and businessmen (you know the type) always make fairly perverted and sexist jokes....
(ID #48602) Posted on 2007/05/27 10:36
Hwang in England (Registered on 2007/04/05 22:57)
Student of all things
If signs like that were put up in the UK some preassure group would no doubt start complaining that it breaches perverts human rights, they would then be taken down and someone from government would have to resign so the government doesnt loose face.

I love Japan.
(ID #48603) Posted on 2007/05/27 11:25
Steph in Duluth, Minn, USA
In my town, the perverts are either at the porn shop, or the library. No, they're not more intelligent, there are just more unsuspecting women and unattended children. (so glad I don't work there anymore)
(ID #48609) Posted on 2007/05/27 15:19
Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City (Registered on 2007/01/12 01:04)
Designer & Animator
From a country that has eroge, ero-anime, ero-figurs, ero-manga? I sometimes think at night and wonder o_0 

Since these things are easily accessible, I guess its sort of like a "simulator" for future perverts??? Maybe us males are generally perverts but it depends on how one separates fantasy from reality...????
even the DOA man had some problems:
http://ariaanime.ikimashou.net/archives/doa-creator-itagaki-sued-for-sexual-harassment/

I have came across an article online (can't remember the site) that there is a "chikan male brotherhood" where members meet up to discuss tips & techniques. Most members are everyday people like teachers, workers & a priest? o_o

This has also given rise to a new genre in AV as well... so i guess its maybe a male fantasy problem in Japan?

There was also a news clip on YouTube from Japan that featured a guy caught for  doing some indecent act in public...

I guess the culture is different. People may not want to get involve in stopping such an incident? Police dun want extra responsibility? Legal system problems? Females don't really speak up about the incident but that maybe changing now? (Can't really say this is true or not as I dun noe any Japanese female friends or have lived in Japan long enough to know better, this is just my opnion after reading a couple of articles about Japan chikan, I could be wrong)

On a the other hand, I believe not everyone is like that in Japan or the ppl who comment here on this blog... maybe we need more densha otokos to stand up to these guys:
http://www.dannychoo.com/otavid_detail/eng/584/Densha+Otoko+Trivia+Seed+part+02+%5Bsubbed%5D/

Hmmm.... I wonder if Danny would save a girl in his stormtrooper armour ??? (・_・?) Maybe the poll should have been "Would you stop a pervert?"
(ID #48610) Posted on 2007/05/27 15:45
Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/25 12:46)
Policy & Research Officer
I would think that pervs actually exist everywhere regardless of nationality. My friend got groped by a few males when she got too drunk in a club, guess maybe they were trying to be too "friendly" with her.
(ID #48611) Posted on 2007/05/27 15:47
lennylein in China, Shanghai (Registered on 2007/05/27 05:30)
AV Movie Critic :p
Saw many of these over there in Osaka
(ID #48613) Posted on 2007/05/27 19:02
Edward in SE Michigan/Osaka (Registered on 2006/12/24 13:14)
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Thinking...  Hope I didn't sound like a jerk with what I wrote Danny.  My apologies if I did. 
(ID #48614) Posted on 2007/05/27 21:39
Gibson in California (Registered on 2007/05/28 04:42)
Student artist
Anywhere u go there will be peverts lef and right. Like my school. I was drawing a ecchi picture for fun and this ki was acting all werid around me, he was calling me a perv but im not i just enjoy drawing random pictures. 
(ID #48615) Posted on 2007/05/27 22:09
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Gibson,
Ecchi pics are harmless and good for the soul ^^;
 
Edward,
Not at all.
(ID #48617) Posted on 2007/05/28 03:13
X-Gear in his room (Registered on 2007/01/18 18:12)
College student
Is it really that bad in japan, danny?
(ID #48627) Posted on 2007/05/28 05:29
Marauder (Registered on 2007/01/11 05:34)
大学生
Haven't seen any myself. They must be around though.
(ID #48641) Posted on 2007/05/28 11:30
aquila in Russia (Registered on 2007/05/23 00:04)
Perverts are a problem of any country. I had heard that one Russian Orthodox priest had affianced two geys. But after it he was defrocked. Perversity in all senses is a sin. I had seen perverts when I was served in Russian army. It's not good experience! I dislike this social phenomena! It's a dreadful mental disease of the world!
(ID #48650) Posted on 2007/05/28 17:13
msgundam2 in U.S.A. Knox, Indiana (Registered on 2007/04/24 00:54)
any please
That "women only train carriages" reminds me of a manga I read wear a boy mistakenly got on a "women only train carriages" and gets raped by a bunch of women. 
As for Perverts in my area theres a lot of pedophiles.
I do conceder my self as a harmless pervert. I will never hurt any body and never watch or support any thing that hurts people for sexually resins or even think of it. But as for manga just about any thing goes. Including lolicon stuff.          
(ID #48670) Posted on 2007/05/29 05:25
msgundam2 in U.S.A. Knox, Indiana (Registered on 2007/04/24 00:54)
any please
That "women only train carriages" reminds me of a manga I read wear a boy mistakenly got on a "women only train carriages" and gets raped by a bunch of women. 
As for Perverts in my area theres a lot of pedophiles.
I do conceder my self as a harmless pervert. I will never hurt any body and never watch or support any thing that hurts people for sexually resins or even think of it. But as for manga just about any thing goes. Including lolicon stuff.          
(ID #48671) Posted on 2007/05/29 05:27
Henry in /usr/bin/ (Registered on 2006/12/25 20:29)
anime/cosplay events organizer
perverts are everywhere and not just in japan

last year, the MRT (one of manila's main city railway system), adapted the "women only carriage" 'coz of a scandal that spread the intrawebs the year before.

btw, could i request for a hi-res image of the sign? i would like to make use of it ^^
(ID #48688) Posted on 2007/05/29 08:12
phobia in USA (Registered on 2007/05/30 00:49)
I'm not surprised given that in the Japanese news, there have been reports of people, esp children, being sexually assaulted.  That sign is probably outside a school or college, maybe even a public bath.
(ID #48749) Posted on 2007/05/30 14:36
Gordon Pekeur in Cape Town - RSA
hehehe .... they dont compare to the "SUPA-SICK-PERVES" we got over here ... I think a woman gets raped every 30-40 seconds over here ... Yup, that bad ...
(ID #48758) Posted on 2007/05/30 18:56
AslanCross in Naos Elyon (Registered on 2007/04/16 13:53)
Castigator of Students
The Philippines (especially Manila) has its fair share of pervs. As been mentioned earlier, a whole section of every train that passes through the MRT system here is devoted entirely to women. It's often a very tight squeeze and I find myself holding on to the overhead railings with both hands just to show that I'm not feeling anyone up. 
(ID #49271) Posted on 2007/06/08 11:23
lostandfound in Singapore (Registered on 2007/10/22 03:22)
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
I wish they had signs like these herefor the lulz...
(ID #193914) Posted on 2008/05/22 22:56
NightRiver in Philly, USA (Registered on 2008/04/05 03:13)
Systems programmer
Hmmm. Good thing I read this, cause what if I was just standing there waiting for a bus or something next to that sign, oblivious to what it says? I would probably get arressted, lol.
(ID #193923) Posted on 2008/05/22 23:04
Skye in Washington D.C. (Registered on 2007/12/22 01:56)
Student
I haven't seen any pervs here in D.C. or heard about any. Just the usual reaction from guys when a "kawaii" girl walks by, stare, turn heads and watch as she disapears in the distance. Its funny to see them do this. 
(ID #193931) Posted on 2008/05/22 23:24
Eva in Singapore (Registered on 2008/05/18 21:40)
Admin
Well, perhaps a pervert was spotted at that area, so they put up a sign there to say "Watch out for perverts".

Kinda like putting a sign saying "Warning: Accident Area" next to an accident prone road.

(ID #194003) Posted on 2008/05/23 01:06
Bakarazuka in Italy (Registered on 2007/12/02 03:43)
Journalist
this kind of sign obtain the only result of transform all guys in perverts!
(ID #194123) Posted on 2008/05/23 03:13
beatfreak (Registered on 2007/12/21 04:00)
freelance digital artist
I've heard from a friend of mine (who loves to observes cultures) that the law of Rape in Japan doesn't seem to exist but only for tourist , in which I was quite convince since he said to me that " have you ever heard of a local rape case in Japan ?" He also said that this urge of "pleasure" from men is something that had been on since the very old times of Japan's culture. He also said that this is also due to "men being dominant on (almost) all aspects than women; a reason why when there's a woman being "mistreated" in japan even if she can definitely fight back or refuse (whether if ther are people around around / public or not) she just couldn't.
(ID #194196) Posted on 2008/05/23 04:34
ETERNAL in Toronto, Canada (Registered on 2008/03/21 12:45)
Amateur novelist
I don't THINK we have too many perverts in my area, but I guess you never know.
(ID #194260) Posted on 2008/05/23 06:07
SkullZero in New York (Registered on 2008/05/17 07:27)
there are pervs everywhere! if you dont think they are, they just good at keeping the secret
(ID #194274) Posted on 2008/05/23 06:21
MAsia in NERV HQ, Tokyo-3 (Registered on 2007/01/15 06:19)
Supreme Commander of NERV Co.
I'm more a fetish person...but this is way too much lol!
(ID #456954) Posted on 2009/01/22 06:06
enzo0511 (Registered on 2009/01/28 02:13)
LOL
(ID #468547) Posted on 2009/01/30 23:20
PudgyM29 in Currently Yoyogi-Koen, Shibuya-ku (Registered on 2008/03/30 10:35)
Fledgling repowriter
The unspoken snag with 'women-only' train cars:
It *presumes* that there are *no females who are perverts* (and thus, might molest another female on that car).
(ID #475860) Posted on 2009/02/05 18:26
Jackzilla! in USA (Registered on 2009/02/21 14:18)
Photographer Wanna-be
Has anyone looked around this site, umm, ever?  

I got news for ya, you're perverted in some way if you dig having mostly nude figurines of mostly young or crazily proportioned females on your shelves - I mean, anyone in the world will agree that Otaku and Anime, Hentai = perverted.  It's all prevalent in Japan and it's giving young men (and old) a twisted view of what women are all about.  Add to that the Japanese notion that women are inferior or second class citizens and you've got a cultural mix for all kinds of acceptable perverted behavior.  Most of the female figurines are young, as in way too young to be anything but controversial by most standards.  For chrisskes, there are Candy Girls that are kid sized, WTF?  No one should be surprised Japan has so a pervert problem, it's now hard wired into the culture.  

Love those skimpy undies on Lynn Minmay, btw.  
(ID #521929) Posted on 2009/03/15 05:02
shalala in london (Registered on 2009/01/30 02:57)
student/hikikomori
from what a read alot of headmasters are Pervents. and they get off with saying sorry to the parents.
(ID #526156) Posted on 2009/03/18 22:16
butter in downstairs (Registered on 2009/04/05 01:18)
Slacker
I know this is kind of old, but they don't always get off with an apology...
http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/10/02/7099/
(ID #575903) Posted on 2009/04/23 17:07
seta in Atlanta (Registered on 2009/03/13 13:59)
Student, Sophomore
whoa, never saw one of those before.
(ID #566569) Posted on 2009/04/17 00:48
Argyle in Toronto, Canada (Registered on 2008/12/24 03:54)
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
WOW LOL XD these are found everywhere in Japan??? kyaa~~
(ID #566751) Posted on 2009/04/17 02:15
Shogo X in USA (Registered on 2009/04/30 03:46)
There are pervs everywhere but some hide it better than others.
(ID #595985) Posted on 2009/05/08 12:53
Racer's Dream in In Circuito di Fiorano with an FW20 driven by Heinz-Harold Fretzen (Registered on 2009/01/27 11:40)
90's F1 Afficionate
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State police ain't doin' nuthin!
That's the land of "Cafres, tecatos, and macetas"
(ID #626545) Posted on 2009/05/30 10:18
polpot in Bandung, Indonesia, soon to be moved to Tokyo, Japan (Registered on 2009/01/25 03:30)
Graphic Designer, Biker, 501st Heavy Trooper
Hahaha, there's pervs here in my country too, luckily i'm a guy, but i once got my bottom groped on a public transport because he thinks that i'm a girl, DUH!!
(ID #629810) Posted on 2009/06/02 06:25
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