The decision comes after widespread reports of chikan targeting teenage candidates on crowded trains ... fronted by Japanese model and television personality Peco, who urges women not to be ...

an increasing number of women are sharing on social media their experiences of dealing with "chikan" (gropers or groping) on trains. Many have also turned to smartphone apps to help them.

An app which was originally designed to help alert elderly people in Japan about scams is now being used in an innovative way. Female commuters in Japan have had access to women-only carriages on ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This video shows passengers boarding a subway train in Tokyo during rush hour. Despite the train looking overloaded, people keep squeezing in until there is almost ...

said The Japan Times. The suspension affected 19 trains and about 8,200 passengers. The woman was in an area out of bounds to the public, trying to take photos of the ocean, when the train hit her.