TOKYO, Jun 03 (News On Japan) –
As the variety of groping incidents tends to rise in the summertime months, maid café staff and native college students gathered in entrance of JR Akihabara Station in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward to boost consciousness and name for the elimination of such crimes.
“Chikan wa yurusanai!” (“We won’t tolerate groping!”) was among the many messages promoted through the occasion, held on June 1st by the Metropolitan Police Department. Participants, together with maid café employees and highschool college students, distributed flyers to commuters and passersby.
The police have designated June 1st to fifteenth as a particular crackdown interval for groping prevention and are encouraging the usage of the DigiPolice app—a smartphone safety app that permits victims to report harassment silently, with out having to talk out.
Toyoda Noriaki, head of the Manseibashi Police Station, urged the general public to take motion: “If you experience groping or voyeurism, speak up with courage. And if you can’t speak, please use the DigiPolice app.”
Source: TBS