So instead of directing its message to the chikan, a new poster from the Aichi Prefectural Police Department is asking upstanding young women for their help.
Almost every major rail operator in Japan puts up public awareness posters inside its stations and/or train cars bearing sternly worded reminders that “Groping is a crime.”
Posters encourage women to “be high-rank girls by immediately reporting gropers.”
At the very bottom, the poster implores the reader to “Be a high-rank girl by immediately reporting chikan.”