Comments on: Please party on the train! http://news.3yen.com/2008-11-01/please-party-on-the-train/ News.3Yen.com - Japanese News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:32:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: someothergaijin http://news.3yen.com/2008-11-01/please-party-on-the-train/comment-page-1/#comment-366633 someothergaijin Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:45:22 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/2008-11-01/please-party-on-the-train/#comment-366633 Sounds like fun to me! <blockquote><strong>MPD, JR boost security to stop Halloween havoc</strong> <a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081101TDY02302.htm" rel="nofollow">The Yomiuri Shimbun (Nov. 1, 2008)</a> Security was tightened on Tokyo's train network Friday in a bid to prevent foreign merrymakers causing mayhem in trains and stations during Halloween celebrations. Last year, about 300 costumed foreigners gathered at JR Shinjuku and other stations after the event was advertised online. Many of the revelers were drunk, and some services were delayed after they removed fluorescent lights on trains and caused other damage. East Japan Railway Co. put up warning posters at all 29 stations on the Yamanote Line and boosted its security personnel with help from the Metropolitan Police Department's railway police unit.</blockquote> Sounds like fun to me!

MPD, JR boost security to stop Halloween havoc
The Yomiuri Shimbun (Nov. 1, 2008)
Security was tightened on Tokyo’s train network Friday in a bid to prevent foreign merrymakers causing mayhem in trains and stations during Halloween celebrations.
Last year, about 300 costumed foreigners gathered at JR Shinjuku and other stations after the event was advertised online.
Many of the revelers were drunk, and some services were delayed after they removed fluorescent lights on trains and caused other damage.
East Japan Railway Co. put up warning posters at all 29 stations on the Yamanote Line and boosted its security personnel with help from the Metropolitan Police Department’s railway police unit.

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