TOKYO, Sep 14 (News On Japan) - A male company employee was arrested after allegedly molesting a woman multiple times on a train, with the victim herself chasing him down and restraining him.
Police said Takehiro Kusaki, a 52-year-old company employee from Zama City, was arrested late at night on September 12th on suspicion of repeatedly touching the lower body of a woman in her 30s inside an Odakyu Line train.
According to police, the woman confronted Kusaki several times inside the carriage, but he did not stop. After getting off at Shin-Yurigaoka Station, Kusaki attempted to flee by boarding another train waiting on the opposite platform. The woman pursued him and managed to detain him until police arrived.
At the time, Kusaki was intoxicated. He reportedly told investigators he had no memory of the incident.