Crime in Japan
RE: Crime in Japan
As long as there is kill'n goin on, it's all good. Kill enthusiasm; kill conjecture, and their little dog too.
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RE: Crime in Japan
I was listening to WGN morning news before school this morning and thinking about this thread... All of these crimes that would be left without notice in Japan... Some of the stuff they show on the news is sort of stupid, now that I think about it.
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RE: Crime in Japan
That belongs in the T-Shirts threadMike Cash wrote:
Was wall of text what done it?

Pretty much so.Mike Cash wrote:
I thought it was the old facts-kill-enthusiasm-for-conjecture thingy.
USA media is really only interested in what happens in the USA or to US citizens outside of the USA. Similar story here except not as bad (from my experience). If you want to know what is going on in the world you don't read papers aimed at an insular domestic audience.HatakeSage wrote:
Interesting, i have always wondered bout' this too.
But how come american papers have nothing on the subject of crimes there? They are only interested in europe.
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Oh my God! For a t-shirt, we can have like, useless words and phrases that just say silly things (like that fat girls thread somebody made once...) printed ALL OVER the t-shirt. Mike, you are really good at this type of stuff.chikara wrote:That belongs in the T-Shirts threadMike Cash wrote:
Was wall of text what done it?
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RE: Crime in Japan
Exactly. We don't really care. To most Americans the Japanese are responsible for making new video games and robots, and only want to hear about them when they do. Plus, Japanese Americans only make up 0.4% of the US population, so including random news just for them wouldn't make sense.chikara wrote:That belongs in the T-Shirts threadMike Cash wrote:
Was wall of text what done it?
Pretty much so.Mike Cash wrote:
I thought it was the old facts-kill-enthusiasm-for-conjecture thingy.
USA media is really only interested in what happens in the USA or to US citizens outside of the USA. Similar story here except not as bad (from my experience). If you want to know what is going on in the world you don't read papers aimed at an insular domestic audience.HatakeSage wrote:
Interesting, i have always wondered bout' this too.
But how come american papers have nothing on the subject of crimes there? They are only interested in europe.
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RE: Crime in Japan
I am still kinda lost here...
I'm sure it's not crime free, or even overwhelming like the safest place in the world.. And places like Tokyo being amongst the biggest cities in the world(is it the biggest in the world?), I would think that there's probably some crimes going down somewhere all the time some way or another to whatever degree.
And from what I read it sounds like it's pretty hard to accurately estimate crime rate and such, but I mean to people who are there from this forum, do you feel safe?
Do you encounter problems, do you see or know of "bad neighborhoods", do you hear/see a lot of things going down?
I know this doesn't really cover crime as a whole in Japan, and really only goes so far informatively, but from that perspective I am interested.
I'm sure it's not crime free, or even overwhelming like the safest place in the world.. And places like Tokyo being amongst the biggest cities in the world(is it the biggest in the world?), I would think that there's probably some crimes going down somewhere all the time some way or another to whatever degree.
And from what I read it sounds like it's pretty hard to accurately estimate crime rate and such, but I mean to people who are there from this forum, do you feel safe?
Do you encounter problems, do you see or know of "bad neighborhoods", do you hear/see a lot of things going down?
I know this doesn't really cover crime as a whole in Japan, and really only goes so far informatively, but from that perspective I am interested.
RE: Crime in Japan
The concept of a "bad neighborhood" is pretty much entirely foreign to Japan, at least in the context of residential areas.
As a consequence, I think some Japanese tourists have trouble wrapping their minds around the idea that in other countries there are certain areas where the prudent traveler just does not go.
Remember the pair that drove up in a taxicab to the Church of the Nativity right in the middle of an armed stand-off?
As a consequence, I think some Japanese tourists have trouble wrapping their minds around the idea that in other countries there are certain areas where the prudent traveler just does not go.
Remember the pair that drove up in a taxicab to the Church of the Nativity right in the middle of an armed stand-off?
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RE: Crime in Japan
when making a blanket statement where you try to make a group of people look like asses, make sure everyone you are speaking for agrees with your opinion. otherwise, go ahead and just single yourself out and say "Exactly, I don't really care. etc etc etc." I don't share your sentiment and I imagine that quite a few agree with me. however, I will follow my own rule and say. "Speak for youself, I don't agree one bit with what you just said."jinksys wrote:
Exactly. We don't really care. To most Americans the Japanese are responsible for making new video games and robots, and only want to hear about them when they do. Plus, Japanese Americans only make up 0.4% of the US population, so including random news just for them wouldn't make sense.
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RE: Crime in Japan
It always seemed to me like zoning laws were either nonexistent or much laxer than in the US -- you see really expensive, nice houses right next to garages with rusting oil cans and cars. There seems to be no concept of a neighborhood or place where only rich people live...or at least not in Tochigi.The concept of a "bad neighborhood" is pretty much entirely foreign to Japan, at least in the context of residential areas.
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RE: Crime in Japan
Again, we don't care. China, Iraq, EU. That's important. To anyone but us Japanophiles, Japan is not even on the radar. I wish it wasn't so, but I just call them like I sees em.two_heads_talking wrote:when making a blanket statement where you try to make a group of people look like asses, make sure everyone you are speaking for agrees with your opinion. otherwise, go ahead and just single yourself out and say "Exactly, I don't really care. etc etc etc." I don't share your sentiment and I imagine that quite a few agree with me. however, I will follow my own rule and say. "Speak for youself, I don't agree one bit with what you just said."jinksys wrote:
Exactly. We don't really care. To most Americans the Japanese are responsible for making new video games and robots, and only want to hear about them when they do. Plus, Japanese Americans only make up 0.4% of the US population, so including random news just for them wouldn't make sense.
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RE: Crime in Japan
So what about all the rapists hiding in the shortcuts through dark areas between high school girls' homes and their schools?
Sometimes I think that I'm afraid of thinking, and that scares me.
RE: Crime in Japan
Seems blown out of proportion to me.So what about all the rapists hiding in the shortcuts through dark areas between high school girls' homes and their schools?
Japan is #54 in rapes per capita.
0.017737 per 1,000 people, raped.
SRC: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_r ... per-capita
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RE: Crime in Japan
Apparently, someone hasn't been getting their recommended daily dosage of anime.jinksys wrote:
Seems blown out of proportion to me.
Sometimes I think that I'm afraid of thinking, and that scares me.
RE: Crime in Japan
Tspoonami wrote:Apparently, someone hasn't been getting their recommended daily dosage of anime.jinksys wrote:
Seems blown out of proportion to me.

Hmm...I see what you did there.
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