NAGOYA -- A man was arrested Tuesday for posting a message on a police Web site threatening to stab someone at a railway station near an airport in Aichi Prefecture, police said.

Ryosuke Hayashi, 24, a part-time worker from Chita, Aichi Prefecture, is accused of forcible obstruction of business. He admitted that it was a copycat prank of bulletin board messages left by the suspect in the Akihabara random street attack.

"I imitated online messages in which the suspect in the Akihabara stabbing rampage threatened to launch an attack," Hayashi was quoted as telling investigators. He was not carrying any weapons when he was taken into custody.

Hayashi used his computer at his home to post a message on the Aichi Prefectural Police Web site at around 1:30 p.m. on Monday saying, "At 9:30 p.m. today, I'll stab someone at Central Japan International Airport Station," according to investigators.

He forced station workers to change their work shifts to be on alert, obstructing the station's business, prefectural police said.

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