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Female Train Staff Get Self Defense Spray (Nov 14)
  Female attendants on JR Tokai line trains are being issued personal protection cayenne pepper spray devices. The spray mixture causes temporary incapacitation. Female employees who sell food or work as conductors on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains and other Tokai trains are being given the devices. The first JR Tokai female conductors were hired in [...]


Big Train Station Watch Does Little (Nov 12)
A watch with an oversized digital display depicts train station names on the Yamanote train line in Tokyo. The Yamanote Line watch has an Organic Light Emitting Diode display. The functions of the watch are: date; time. When the time is displayed, the display reads "Train is coming". The date display shows "Through train - [...]


News Uses Digital Fondling Effects in Groping Report (Nov 9)
A man who challenged a 1999 groping accusation by a female commuter won his court case against the accuser Nov. 7, 2008. The Japan Supreme Court revoked the charge of "public nuisance" against the man. In September 1999, a woman accused the man of rubbing his groin on her thigh as they stood on the [...]


More Tokyo Monkey Sightings (Nov 6)
Macaques Encircle City A wild monkey that appeared in Shibuya station in Tokyo on August 20, 2008 and escaped into the city, may now have a partner. A TV station in Tokyo reports more than one monkey is loose in the Tokyo metropolitan area. On November 6, TBS-TV Evening 5 news in Tokyo reported [...]