A celebrity academic economist was found guilty of using a mirror to look up a school girl’s skirt at Yokohama station in April. The final ruling is set for March 23, but prosecutors are demanding a four-month sentence.

The economist, Kazuhide Uekusa, a (now former) professor at Waseda University appeared on TV quite often as an economic commentator before the fateful day, but appeared on TV quite a bit more after the incident – check Mainichi article.

On Friday there was an incident that saw an NHK employee arrested for molesting a 17-year old school-girl on the train near Ikebukuro. Guess you can Noogle it.

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