but the reality is much more sinister. translation: in the trick of the trade, it felt - like a hand hitting me. takako, not her real name, was only a teenager when she was sexually assaulted on the train for the first time. translation: it started to feel like it was touching and grabbing me. i that s when i finally realised that this was chikan. i was sexually assaulted almost every day. bbc eye has been investigating a network of websites selling thousands of videos of women being sexually abused on public transport across east asia. this is a horrific business of sexual assault. the websites are run by a shadowy figure known as uncle qi. but who is he? our investigation has led us to tokyo, where we tracked down uncle qi and his close associates. translation: hi. hi, noctis? posing as a potential investor, our undercoverjournalist met with them multiple times, until uncle qi himself agreed to meet us. in this meeting, tang zhuoran, a 27 year old from china admits to being
Assaulted on public transport across east asia. visitors to one of the sites could even order their own tailor made videos. bbc eye sjow yin fung reports from tokyo. this is nagoya injapan. translation: there is a guy looking for a target. - the railway police are running a covert operation, on the hunt to catch sexual assaulters. translation: | would - like to follow him to check his behaviourfor a bit. sexual violence against women in public is a global phenomenon. but injapan, the problem is so endemic that it has its own name, chikan. translation: you re riding back and forth on a single ticket. - it looks like the kind of behaviour a chikan perpetrator would make. the suspect is taken to the police station for further questioning. chikan has been normalised over the years by its prominence in the adult entertainment industry.