Originally Posted by Mord (Post 1865281)

Yes. Being drunk is a legitimate defense in a Japanese court of law. I'm not kidding. Actually, it won't even get to court. The police will just let you off with a warning if you're drunk, unless you do something heinous (like kill someone or wreck a significant yen amount of property).

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1865275)

Surely also illegal? Those crazy Japanese? Try that anywhere else I bet you'd be arrested on the spot. The guys who do that always seem to do it surreptitiously, and with good reason. Toe cameras, or something? Shoes? I don't know: but I doubt many would run after a girl with a camera to point it up her skirt in public!

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1865289)

Those are just the novel ones that you hear about on the news. Consider what doesn't get reported.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1865292)

What makes you think I hear about them on the news? ;) There are tons of websites, forums etc.

Originally Posted by Mord (Post 1865290)

One time another friend of mine (half Japanese, from California) grabbed a woman's ass at a train station. His Japanese is perfect, and mine was crap at the time because I'd been in Japan only a short time. She screamed and ran to the police box (a mini police station in or around train stations). The cops came out and hauled us in. I was bewildered, because I hadn't even seen him do it. We were both stumbling home drunk from the bar. But I used my limited Japanese and bowed profusely when I understood what my friend had done. I apologized for him, told the cops he was drunk, and promised to make sure he got home safe. The cops let us go with only a warning. I have no idea what happened to the woman, whether she was pissed off nothing happened or what.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1865275)

Surely also illegal?