Japanese man calls toll-free 500 times for female voice: police
A Japanese plumber was arrested for calling a toll-free number around 500 times so he could hear a taped female voice, police said Monday.
Hiroyuki Nomoto, a 38-year-old Tokyo resident, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing the business of the company, a food firm based in the city of Takasaki north of the capital.
"The company has the number for 24-hour order-taking with a female voice. He said he wanted to hear a woman's voice," a police spokesman said.
"The company paid the call charges, which amounted to 3.8 million yen (36,900 dollars) for the call time of 3,100 hours," the official said.
Obsession with female voices is not new for Japanese police.
A 37-year-old man was arrested in January after placing at least 2,600 calls to directory help over several months.
Telephone operators -- who in Japan are almost always women -- reportedly nicknamed him the "don't-hang-up-man."
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