Japanese Panty Thefts - Updated

Here's another panty theft report. Unlike most other countries, panty thefts in Japan occur and are reported with regularity. It's arguably a cultural anomaly.

(Kagawa, Japan) Police said Wednesday that they discovered around 100 pairs of women’s panties at the home of an elementary school teacher’s home in Sakaide city on Tuesday after using a hidden camera on the victim’s terrace to record the thief in the act.


The suspect, Ryosuke Iwasaki, 28, was arrested for stealing after he was recorded snagging a pair of panties from the clothesline of a 27-year-old local woman some time between 5 a.m. on July 23 and 9 a.m. on July 24. A search of Iwasaki’s home later revealed a stash of around 100 undergarments.

According to police, the woman had noticed her underwear had gradually gone missing since March, and after making a complaint in June, authorities decided to hide a camera on her balcony to try and catch the perpetrator.

Interestingly, the women's panty thefts occur with such predictability that many Japanese women actually take precautions to prevent it.

In any event, burglarizing women's unmentionables has been cited as a precursor to more serious crimes of a sexual nature. The fact that it occurs so often in Japan is ominous.

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Transvestite Schoolteacher for Blind Students
[Previous 8/25/10 post]
(Fukuoka, Japan) A 43-year-old transvestite schoolteacher for the blind, Tsuyoshi Hirano, dressed in a miniskirt and blonde wig was arrested for allegedly stealing panties from a 22-year-old woman.


The unmentionables were allegedly taken from a dryer in a laundromat.

When she saw Hirano get into a car parked outside, she reported the licence plate number to police, Kyodo News reported.

"At first glance, I knew 'she' was a 'he,'" she reportedly told police.

A police search of Hirano's home resulted in finding 150 female garments, including panties, bras, and knee-high boots.