Stalker

Japanese: ストーカー

A stalker is someone who relentlessly pursues a particular person. They don't just pursue people they like, they also make pathological phone calls, break into people's homes, commit assaults, and sometimes even commit murder. In the United States, every state has an anti-stalking law. In Japan, there has been a growing movement to enact anti-stalking ordinances in prefectures, and in May 2000, the Stalker Control Law was enacted. Under this law, the police can warn people, and the prefectural public safety commission can issue a restraining order, against those who engage in "stalking behavior" (categorized into eight types of behavior) out of romantic feelings or resentment for not being able to satisfy those feelings. If they still do not stop, they can be sentenced to imprisonment of up to one year or fined up to one million yen.
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Stalker

A novelist born in Dublin, Ireland. He wrote many novels and short stories, but his most famous work is the horror novel Dracula (1897), which is widely studied as a novel that reflects the various desires and fears of people of his time.
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Japanese:

ストーカーとは〈そっと獲物を追う人〉の意で，特定の相手を執拗につけ回す人をいう。単に好意を抱いた人を追い回すにとどまらず，病的な電話攻勢をかけたり，家宅侵入や暴行・傷害ときには殺人など犯罪に発展することもある。アメリカでは各州にストーキング防止法が制定されている。日本でも都道府県で防止条例を制定する動きが広がっていたが，2000年５月〈ストーカー規制法〉が制定された。同法では，恋愛感情や，それが満たされないための恨みの感情から〈つきまとい行為〉（八つの行為に類型化）をした者に対して，警察が警告したり，都道府県公安委員会が禁止命令を出すことができる。それでもやめない場合には，１年以下の懲役か100万円以下の罰金を科す。
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