Chikan

Another fancy Japanese product to start the day. おはいよ。

ohoh the "hook" is inserted into the glove to make your fingers stay that shape! XD

Great for making animal shadow puppets.

"Looks like its made for dolphin grabbing." Not to mention that it's great for petting your dolphin. J/K.

He's staring at that woman... Groper Alert!

I look forward to Japan's next solution for this problem.

It's shaped such that you can lazily latch onto something during the ride, but is the hook's mere three prongs, convincing?

Fancy Product but doesnt look like it will work you can still touch xP

Fake inside.. Real hand is somewhere else in their coat or groping already without suspicion o.o

Here in America, you're allowed to carry guns with a license. Problem solved.

Seriously? (Nice from the profit view) but this is stupid for it's intended purpose, if they made it softer, then it'll be great for dolphin waxing

I will only be a chikan to the pretty girls in the train car. ;)

Wonder what's this for.....

"It's not the glove, it's carpal tunnel from waxing too much."

ohohoho
"Its a great product for weak men."

What an ironic shape

I can already see problems already with this invention.
"He harassed me with that thing!"

It kinda looks like a backscratcher but without the long handle.

I wonder how well this product will sell. Whether it sell well or poorly, it seems like it is sad both ways...

kyaa a glove for fisting gropes?!

Recently my wife has been "attacked" by a chikan while she was sitting.
Fortunatly I was there, sitting in front of her. I noticed the guy was weird from the moment he entered.
I got up and kicked him in the tibia when he was obviously groping her, nobody moved, and he pretended he was asleep.
I also took a photo of him just in case.

sure, can't grope with your hands, but that's not the only way perverts do things on trains... ( >.>) creepily standing near you, "accidentally" rubbing their arm on your chest. geh.
plus, isn't it kind of weird to see someone wearing these?
I wouldn't think "oh, now I'll be safe!"
I would think "... why are his hands stuck like that?!"
well, maybe it will help some innocent guys, but I hope real perverts don't try to get around charges by wearing these and being sneaky.

Simple solution to a complex problem.. this isn't. Lets face it.. Pervs are pervs. But, the fact that women are falsely accusing men. Thats wrong too. And since no one has any balls it seems in japan to be upfront, or man up about anything. Guess it won't change.

Ahh well.. Is why I prefer my peice of ground. Where I carry my gun proudly and will shoot unwelcome visitors.

In Portugal if a pervert gropes a lady he will probably be kicked in the...you know where.

Put your arms up cause everytime you're in a train, it's a party! Woooo!
Actually I was thinking that product could be used to increase stealthy chikan action. Have two of them tunneled up your sleeves to it looks like you're holding the railings, while arms are then just sitting inside the coat.

LOL! Agreed on what the comments from Itai News, LOL!

Must be frustrating for men to never know if someone is going to lie about being touched...

This is just... I don't even know what to say. It really is sad that it even got to something like this. Honestly though, what is the deal with feeling up people? One of the common beliefs over here is that "Oh the Japanese are such the kind business men on the outside, but on the inside they are ragging pervs." I mean is this true? WHy is this? I for one would never wear one of those goddamn things, I mean how the hell are you suppose to take your hand out? And if I called falsely accused I'd just call BS on the chick. I will say, it is evil to take advantage of being so close to people on the train, but it is almost MORE evil to take advantage of the fact. Really though, this is all because of the pervs. So my question is: is Japan really filled with pervs? I mean yes you find pervs every where, but there sure isn't a freakin' glove that chains yours hands into fists over here. No, we just carry around guns. Those gloves would be good for a fist fight though.

First the stamp for women to mark the men, now this to counter that? Im curious on how this will turn out later on.

Oh oh... one more silly comment to add for the Itai News part...

"You could fit a micro camera in there" XD

Lolz! Now this gave me a good chuckle. Hahaha
Although it's really sad that products are targeting "weak men" instead of preventing groping in the first place.

I could never grasp my mind around how someone could possibly touch another strange, even non-sexually. Where I'm from, no one in their right mind would ever touch someone else in public. Maybe it's just different cultures, or something. And I guess where I'm from, murder and rape are as common as groping in Japan, as well as domestic violence, so I guess it's not that bad.

Kinda feel sorry for the fellas who were accused of groping when they are in fact innocent. On another note...had a good laugh at the Itai news comments. "Great for dolphin waxing."...lol ^^.

Those gloves can insinuate many things....

"You can still grope with the back of your hand"

WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!??! *stares at hand*

Not interested in groping X3

hahah do want one for collection

I like the "Might as well wear socks on your hands" idea. ('~')

I prefer they put security cameras in the train. To Hell with those people saying that it violates privacy! It's a public place for crying out loud x_x

"Its a great product for weak men." Yup. A man who is accused wrongly and can't even defend himself is weak in my book. At least try to convince the police that you're innocent!

lol but erm but pervs can still touch the ladies right D:?
the ladies will then try to accuse and but heck it will not work cos the guys are wearing this.
wow fail invention man.

I think I can understand this Chikan thing . Its really exciting once you get to do it . Don't be mistaken , I haven't tried it but it looks kinda good ( been watching too much Hentai lately )

If the gloves make gripping firearms much more comfortable, I'd buy it.

I'm guessing the gloves were designed with the assumption that all chikan are only interested in women. Though they didn't factor in chikans with a fetish for dolphins, in which case the glove would be a perfect tool for them to do their jobs. lol

Playing chikan eroges is one thing, since some of those plots are just way outlandish that you just can't imagine it happening in real life, yet sometimes, truth is strange than fiction, and you find sickos out there actually attempting to mimic these sort of stuff.

(Another sad consequence of that that is video games/comics usually end up getting blamed, but that's another debate altogether. )

Whatever popssible, train groing b-came popular in the country. And a headache for JR and the Ministry of Transport

This would hopefully prevent falsified crimes against the innocent (or not so innocent...).

Here in Turkey, if a lady accuses a guy about groping/touching, then generally 4 or 5 men stand up from different seats and come to beat the hell out of the groper :)) I saw this scene two times, and both times my violence wasn't necessary (there were enough men)... It's fun to watch though :))

Too Funny! But what ever it takes no to dish out some hard earned money because of a false statement. ^0^

note that the guy can still poke with his pinkie or thumb.

Couldn't help but think of pirates when I saw that hook...
It'd help fishermen with little stamina to hold on to their fishing rods for longer

I don't think it's practical all. What if you have a sudden urgent call? and you miss it.

Strange...but may work....

Sad, sad, sad, sad, sad...

Well, this issue seems ripe for satire. (We've seen at least one side of it in GTO.)

This groping women harder to do but makes groping yourself easier ^^;

Wouldn't that hook hand be perfect for flipping skirts up? I can't imagine this helping prevent extortion much.

Nice idea, but not very useful. Like many have said already, it doesn't really stop either party (i.e. those who want to grope, those accusing people of groping). Maybe instead of doing research for a product that won't do much, they could instead put the money towards establishing better laws.

'bout as useful as canned air

Ain't we missin' a tube of lubricant?
Or some dolphin wax?
Is this from Tenga???

that is very educational

chikan is strange! :(

chickens are nothing but freaks, but women extorting money from men whoa re innocent are just as messed up...

Wow, I didn't think groping was that serious, but extortion, how low can you go?

LOL seriously the Japanese are amazing people HAHA!