Japan: Wacky, weird or wonderful?

Last month, Kazuhide Uekusa, one of Japan's most celebrated economists, was arrested on the charge of groping a schoolgirl on a Tokyo subway train: it was the third time in eight years he'd been caught in cases involving pretty young girls in short skirts.

The high-profile status of the accused served to refocus media attention on one of Tokyo's blights: the groping of women, including schoolgirls, by testosterone-driven men who take advantage of cramped conditions in trains.