Tokyo women to get own subway cars
» Sex Crime
Faced with demands to halt an alarming rise in sexual assaults, nine rail and subway firms in Tokyo on Monday introduced women-only carriages during the morning rush hour.
Earlier this year, police in Tokyo said the number of reported groping incidents had tripled in recent years, from 778 in 1996 to 2,201 in 2004.
The cases last year led to 1,886 arrests, with offenders ranging in age from 14 to 80.
Tokyo subway introduces women-only carriages