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Anti-groping poster at subway platform

FUKUOKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Photo taken at a subway platform at Tenjin Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, in 1998, shows a poster made by local police encouraging groping victims to report incidents to police. The poster was created after a public poll conducted by the police showed over 90 percent of women had not reported incidents to either subway staff or police.(Kyodo)

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S. Korean DJ groping incident

CEO Rakuyo Otsuki (C) and other representatives from event organizer TryHard Japan Co. hold a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 21, 2023, after filing a criminal complaint the same day over an incident in which a popular South Korean DJ was allegedly groped by audience members during a music event she attended.

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case.

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Women-only cars introduced in Tokyo area to prevent groping

TOKYO, Japan - Women ride on a women-only car of the Hanzomon Line of the Tokyo Metro at Omotesando Station in Tokyo on May 9. Nine railways in the Tokyo metropolitan area and subways operated by the Tokyo Metro introduced women-only cars during the morning rush-hour period to prevent groping.

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Tokyo offers women-only trains in rush hour

TOKYO, Japan - Female passengers get out of a woman-only carriage of a train on the Saikyo Line of East Japan Railway Co. at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on April 4. Women-only cars in Tokyo were launched for the first time in morning rush-hour trains on Monday in a bid to prevent groping.

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Nagoya subway launches female-only train compartments

NAGOYA, Japan - Commuters pack a female-only compartment of Higashiyama subway line, operated by the city government of Nagoya, at Nagoya Station on Sept. 30. The subway line began operating morning rush hour female-only compartments to curb incidents of groping, becoming Japan's first subway line to do so.

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JR Saikyo Line starts 'Women Only' car to counter groping

TOKYO, Japan - A carriage of a train on the East Japan Railway Co.'s Saikyo Line carries a ''Women Only'' sign on its window at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on July 2. The company introduced the late-night women-only car on a trial basis in a bid to prevent molestation of women on its trains.

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Prosecutor dismissed for molesting woman in train

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Koroyasu (R), head of the Justice Ministry's Research and Training Institute, announces on the night of May 26 the dismissal of a prosecutor arrested May 24 for groping a woman aboard a train on the JR Chuo Line. The 40-year-old prosecutor taught at the institute.

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A robotic hand developed by OMRON and the University of Tokyo that repeatedly performs precise insertion

Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa of the University of Tokyo and Omron have developed a robot hand that can perform precision work by groping at a speed of 1,000 times per second. When the ring hits the end of the cylinder and the angle shifts, the robot adjusts its three fingers to restore the shift. This is a high-speed reproduction of the way a human being searches for the right angle to fit a ring using the senses of his or her fingertips. In the past, even with the use of force sensors, it took time to process, and insertion and removal took 1-2 seconds. In the automation of precision assembly, it is difficult to keep the positional accuracy within 10 micrometers, including robots and jigs. If this can be handled by hand or control, the range of precision work will expand. Photo taken on November 27, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tokyo offers women-only trains in rush hour

TOKYO, Japan - Female passengers get out of a woman-only carriage of a train on the Saikyo Line of East Japan Railway Co. at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on April 4. Women-only cars in Tokyo were launched for the first time in morning rush-hour trains on Monday in a bid to prevent groping. (Kyodo)

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Women-only cars introduced in Tokyo area to prevent groping

TOKYO, Japan - Women ride on a women-only car of the Hanzomon Line of the Tokyo Metro at Omotesando Station in Tokyo on May 9. Nine railways in the Tokyo metropolitan area and subways operated by the Tokyo Metro introduced women-only cars during the morning rush-hour period to prevent groping. (Kyodo)

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Das Boot (1981)

Martin Semmelrogge Characters: 2nd Lieutenant - 2WO Film: Das Boot; The Boat (DE 1981) / Fernseh-Mehrteiler (1985) / TV Mini Series Director: Wolfgang Petersen 17 September 1981 Date: 17 September 1981

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case. (Kyodo)

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Judge arrested for groping woman on bus

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Taizo Ichiki (in file photo), a 52-year-old judge at the Miyazaki Branch of the Fukuoka High Court, has been arrested on suspicion of groping a 19-year-old female college student on a highway express bus traveling from Fukuoka Prefecture to Miyazaki Prefecture, both southwestern Japan, on the night of Feb. 8. Ichiki denies the allegation, according to police. (Kyodo)

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Economist indicted for groping bailed out after 4-month detentio

TOKYO, Japan - Economist Kazuhide Uekusa, once a well-known TV commentator who is on trial for groping a schoolgirl, walks out from the Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward after being freed on bail on Jan. 22. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya subway launches female-only train compartments

NAGOYA, Japan - Commuters pack a female-only compartment of Higashiyama subway line, operated by the city government of Nagoya, at Nagoya Station on Sept. 30. The subway line began operating morning rush hour female-only compartments to curb incidents of groping, becoming Japan's first subway line to do so. (Kyodo)

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JR Saikyo Line starts 'Women Only' car to counter groping

TOKYO, Japan - A carriage of a train on the East Japan Railway Co.'s Saikyo Line carries a ''Women Only'' sign on its window at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on July 2. The company introduced the late-night women-only car on a trial basis in a bid to prevent molestation of women on its trains.

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Prosecutor dismissed for molesting woman in train

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Koroyasu (R), head of the Justice Ministry's Research and Training Institute, announces on the night of May 26 the dismissal of a prosecutor arrested May 24 for groping a woman aboard a train on the JR Chuo Line. The 40-year-old prosecutor taught at the institute.

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Trial opens for Osaka ex-gov. accused of sexual molesting

OSAKA, Japan - People line up outside the Osaka District Court on March 21 to get seats through a drawing of lots at the first hearing of the trial of former Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama, who has been accused of sexually molesting a female assistant during an election campaign. Yokoyama admitted to the court groping the 21-year-old college student in a campaign van, saying he agreed with the contents of the indictment.

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Osaka ex-gov. pleads guilty to molesting assistant

OSAKA, Japan - Former Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama, who pleaded guilty to charges of molesting a female assistant during a 1999 election campaign, enters Osaka District Court on March 21. Yokoyama, at the first hearing of his trial at the court, admitted groping the 21-year-old college student in a campaign van, saying he agreed with the contents of the indictment.