{"id":76677,"date":"2026-03-12T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/12\/japan-butsukari-otoko-bumping-man-trend-explained-tokyo-girl-shoved"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:00:11","slug":"a-young-girl-is-knocked-over-at-tokyo-crossing-whats-behind-japans-bumping-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76677","title":{"rendered":"A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing \u2013 what\u2019s behind Japan\u2019s \u2018bumping\u2019 trend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viral video of girl being shoved by fellow pedestrian has reignited debate over <em>butsukari \u2013 <\/em>with experts blaming stress and gender dynamics<\/p>\n<p>It starts out as a heartwarming clip. A young girl, clearly delighted to be in Tokyo, beams as she makes a peace sign to the camera. Seconds later, she is shoved to the ground from behind by a woman wearing a surgical mask. The assailant doesn\u2019t skip a beat, striding out of shot of the clip filmed by the girl\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>This was no accidental clash of shoulders in a crowded place, but one of the most visible examples of a spate of b<em>utsukari otoko<\/em> \u2013 \u201cbumping man\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DAWDzz4vaOR\">shoving incidents<\/a> in Japan that experts attribute to a combination of gender dynamics and the stresses of modern life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/12\/japan-butsukari-otoko-bumping-man-trend-explained-tokyo-girl-shoved\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viral video of girl being shoved by fellow pedestrian has reignited debate over butsukari \u2013 with experts blaming stress and gender dynamicsIt starts out as a heartwarming clip. A young girl, clearly delighted to be in Tokyo, beams as she makes a peace &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88,527,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan","category-travel","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76683,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76677\/revisions\/76683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}