You'd think she'd would already know about the risks from two separate Japanese rape victims only a few years ago...but maybe having family marrying an Indian woman, Kalpana Abe has led to LDP not being frank about the risks to his own people traveling to India just like he was about the Kindergarten.
Japanese Tourist Allegedly Kidnapped, Repeatedly Raped In India
January 3, 2015
Police in India's eastern city of Kolkata have arrested several suspects for allegedly kidnapping and holding a young Japanese student for weeks while they repeatedly raped her.
The unidentified woman was abducted from a village near Bodh Gaya, one of Buddhism's most sacred sites, located about 80 miles south of Patna, The Associated Press quotes police officer Akhilesh Singh as saying. Authorities believe she was kidnapped by an organized gang that targets single women tourists.
In Kolkata (a city formerly known as Calcutta), Police Commissioner Pailav Kanti Ghosh tells the BBC that two men, said to be brothers, posed as tourist guides as a ruse to approach the woman. They offered to show her Bodh Gaya, the place where Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment.
"One of the men spoke very fluent Japanese," Ghosh tells the BBC. "They said: 'We are guides and want to take you sight-seeing.' "
According to Ghosh, four other men joined in the kidnapping. They repeatedly raped the woman before turning her over to other gang members. Eventually she was able to escape her captors and reached the city of Varanasi, from where she traveled to Kolkata and reported ordeal to the Japanese consular officials there.
The AP says the woman was 22 and says that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the case. The BBC puts the woman's age at 23 and says five men have been taken into custody. The BBC says she was abducted on Nov. 23 and managed to reach the Japanese consulate in Kolkata by Dec. 26. The AP says she was held for more than three weeks.
As the AP notes: "India has a long history of tolerance of sexual violence. But a series of high profile rape cases have triggered a strong public outrage in recent years, leading to tough anti-rape laws."
Japanese tourist says raped by India tour guide
Woman, 20, accuses Indian tour guide of drugging and then raping her in Jaipur, the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners
By AFP
3:23PM GMT 09 Feb 2015
A Japanese woman has accused an Indian tour guide of drugging and then raping her in the historic city of Jaipur, police said on Monday, the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners.
The 20-year-old said the guide offered to show her around Jaipur, famous for its grand palaces and forts, on Sunday before assaulting her on the outskirts of the "Pink City" in the evening.
The woman said she was given food laced with drugs before being attacked by the man thought to be aged about 25, Dharam Chand Jain, police inspector-general for Jaipur district, told AFP.
"The 20-year-old tourist had arrived in Jaipur yesterday (Sunday) and met the accused man near the hotel who introduced himself as a tour guide," Mr Jain said.
"They went to a couple of places on his motorbike during the day," Mr Jain said.
"The accused offered to drop her at the hotel in the evening but took her to a desolate area ... and allegedly raped her."
The man fled after the woman's screams were overheard by villagers who rushed to help, according to local media reports.
"The tourist alleged that she was offered some food which might have been laced with drugs," Mr Jain said, adding that blood tests have been conducted to determine the type of drugs used.
The case is the latest in a string of high-profile sex attacks that have highlighted high levels of violence against women in the world's second most populous country.
Police arrested eight men on Monday over the brutal gang-rape and murder of a Nepali woman earlier this month in Rohtak city northwest of Delhi, an attack that sparked candlelit vigils and other protests.
Indian police officers announce the arrest of eight men suspected of raping and killing a Nepalese woman in Rohtak (AP)
The woman's body was discovered dumped in a field and an official has said an autopsy showed stones, blades and sticks had been inserted inside her.
"Eight accused have been arrested and one is absconding" and those held have "confessed to the crime", Yash Pal Singal, Haryana state director-general of police, told AFP.
India has faced intense scrutiny over its efforts to curb violence against women following the fatal gang rape of an Indian medical student in New Delhi in December 2012, which sparked a global outcry.
Last month six men from the eastern city of Kolkata were charged with kidnapping and gang-raping a 22-year-old Japanese tourist.
The woman was allegedly held hostage for a month after travelling to the Buddhist shrine of Bodh Gaya in Bihar state.
In the latest case, the woman has undergone a medical examination and was helping police try to identify her attacker, Mr Jain said.
The Japanese embassy said it was gathering information about the attack and could offer no further comment.
The incident risks dealing another blow to the country's tourism industry. Britain and France revised their travel advisories for India last January, warning visitors about the risk of sexual attacks, after two cases of foreigners being raped.
"After such incidents tourism is the first casualty," Gour Kanjilal, executive director of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, told AFP.
"We have been issuing instructions to tourists not to accept help or food from strangers," he said.
Jaipur and the rest of Rajasthan state draws thousands of tourists every year to its palaces and forts built by the former Maharaja rulers, some in dusty-pink sandstone.
Sex attacks against women from Western countries have received major media coverage in India while similar attacks on local women have drawn only a fraction of the attention.
In January 2014 a 51-year-old Danish tourist was robbed and gang-raped at knifepoint in Delhi. In 2013 a Swiss cyclist holidaying in the central state of Madhya Pradesh was robbed and raped by five men, all of whom were later jailed for life.
Japanese Tourist Allegedly Kidnapped, Repeatedly Raped In India
January 3, 2015
Police in India's eastern city of Kolkata have arrested several suspects for allegedly kidnapping and holding a young Japanese student for weeks while they repeatedly raped her.
The unidentified woman was abducted from a village near Bodh Gaya, one of Buddhism's most sacred sites, located about 80 miles south of Patna, The Associated Press quotes police officer Akhilesh Singh as saying. Authorities believe she was kidnapped by an organized gang that targets single women tourists.
In Kolkata (a city formerly known as Calcutta), Police Commissioner Pailav Kanti Ghosh tells the BBC that two men, said to be brothers, posed as tourist guides as a ruse to approach the woman. They offered to show her Bodh Gaya, the place where Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment.
"One of the men spoke very fluent Japanese," Ghosh tells the BBC. "They said: 'We are guides and want to take you sight-seeing.' "
According to Ghosh, four other men joined in the kidnapping. They repeatedly raped the woman before turning her over to other gang members. Eventually she was able to escape her captors and reached the city of Varanasi, from where she traveled to Kolkata and reported ordeal to the Japanese consular officials there.
The AP says the woman was 22 and says that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the case. The BBC puts the woman's age at 23 and says five men have been taken into custody. The BBC says she was abducted on Nov. 23 and managed to reach the Japanese consulate in Kolkata by Dec. 26. The AP says she was held for more than three weeks.
As the AP notes: "India has a long history of tolerance of sexual violence. But a series of high profile rape cases have triggered a strong public outrage in recent years, leading to tough anti-rape laws."
Japanese tourist says raped by India tour guide
Woman, 20, accuses Indian tour guide of drugging and then raping her in Jaipur, the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners
By AFP
3:23PM GMT 09 Feb 2015
A Japanese woman has accused an Indian tour guide of drugging and then raping her in the historic city of Jaipur, police said on Monday, the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners.
The 20-year-old said the guide offered to show her around Jaipur, famous for its grand palaces and forts, on Sunday before assaulting her on the outskirts of the "Pink City" in the evening.
The woman said she was given food laced with drugs before being attacked by the man thought to be aged about 25, Dharam Chand Jain, police inspector-general for Jaipur district, told AFP.
"The 20-year-old tourist had arrived in Jaipur yesterday (Sunday) and met the accused man near the hotel who introduced himself as a tour guide," Mr Jain said.
"They went to a couple of places on his motorbike during the day," Mr Jain said.
"The accused offered to drop her at the hotel in the evening but took her to a desolate area ... and allegedly raped her."
The man fled after the woman's screams were overheard by villagers who rushed to help, according to local media reports.
"The tourist alleged that she was offered some food which might have been laced with drugs," Mr Jain said, adding that blood tests have been conducted to determine the type of drugs used.
The case is the latest in a string of high-profile sex attacks that have highlighted high levels of violence against women in the world's second most populous country.
Police arrested eight men on Monday over the brutal gang-rape and murder of a Nepali woman earlier this month in Rohtak city northwest of Delhi, an attack that sparked candlelit vigils and other protests.
Indian police officers announce the arrest of eight men suspected of raping and killing a Nepalese woman in Rohtak (AP)
The woman's body was discovered dumped in a field and an official has said an autopsy showed stones, blades and sticks had been inserted inside her.
"Eight accused have been arrested and one is absconding" and those held have "confessed to the crime", Yash Pal Singal, Haryana state director-general of police, told AFP.
India has faced intense scrutiny over its efforts to curb violence against women following the fatal gang rape of an Indian medical student in New Delhi in December 2012, which sparked a global outcry.
Last month six men from the eastern city of Kolkata were charged with kidnapping and gang-raping a 22-year-old Japanese tourist.
The woman was allegedly held hostage for a month after travelling to the Buddhist shrine of Bodh Gaya in Bihar state.
In the latest case, the woman has undergone a medical examination and was helping police try to identify her attacker, Mr Jain said.
The Japanese embassy said it was gathering information about the attack and could offer no further comment.
The incident risks dealing another blow to the country's tourism industry. Britain and France revised their travel advisories for India last January, warning visitors about the risk of sexual attacks, after two cases of foreigners being raped.
"After such incidents tourism is the first casualty," Gour Kanjilal, executive director of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, told AFP.
"We have been issuing instructions to tourists not to accept help or food from strangers," he said.
Jaipur and the rest of Rajasthan state draws thousands of tourists every year to its palaces and forts built by the former Maharaja rulers, some in dusty-pink sandstone.
Sex attacks against women from Western countries have received major media coverage in India while similar attacks on local women have drawn only a fraction of the attention.
In January 2014 a 51-year-old Danish tourist was robbed and gang-raped at knifepoint in Delhi. In 2013 a Swiss cyclist holidaying in the central state of Madhya Pradesh was robbed and raped by five men, all of whom were later jailed for life.
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