In this picture taken on May 13, 2019, an official at a police department poses as she shows an application for scaring off molesters, in Tokyo. - AFP: A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains.
The app has been downloaded more than 237,000 times, an “unusually high figure” for a public service app, said police official Keiko Toyamine.. There were nearly 900 groping and other harassment cases on Tokyo trains and subways reported in 2017, according to the latest available data from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.Offenders face up to six months in jail or fines of up to 500,000 yen . The potential jail sentence is increased to 10 years if violence or threats are used.It initially aimed to provide information for elderly people, as well as parents and their children about scams or prowlers.
Reina Oishi, a 21-year-old university student in Tokyo, also said: “I want to download the app as I have been groped so many times.”“Molesters tend to target those who appear shy and reluctant to lodge a police complaint,“ said Akiyoshi Saito, a certified social worker who supported some 800 former molesters during a rehabilitation programme.“But the idea that men are superior to women, which is Japan’s traditional bias, may help sustain sexual harassment on trains in the country,” he added.
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