Things I HATE about Japan #short

These are some of the things I hate about living in Japan!

[Panda_Roll]

"why are you detaining me?"
"You look sus."
"You mean I don't look Japanese?"
"Yeah, that too."

[acceptgarbage]

" why you arrest me?"
"You look ugly"

[turtle]

Police can detain without trial or evidence. That's wild

[megacat]

Psychiatrists in Japan also have enormous power to hospitalize people for life, treating patients as livestock tying them up to bed for months or years at a time, as they collect massive amount of money from NHI. 1/3 of all hospitalized psychiatric patients globally is located in Japan.

[Maddy-jnpk]

I remember one of the girls I did study abroad with got detained for “shop lifting.” She didn’t shop lift, she had an item she was going to purchase on her arm and the owner called the police on her.

They left bruises on her and they were threatening jail time. The embassy got her out temporarily so she could flee Japan and not get sent to jail. They told her she’s screwed if they press charges cause they almost always convict foreigners.

I felt so bad for her cause she was so nice and spent her whole life learning Japanese :/

[marsdoria]

Speaking of Japanese police, when you're jailed your attorney is not allowed to be with you when you're being interrogated. So if you're in that situation, stay silent and don't give them any ammunition to use against you. Always remember that Japan has what people call "hostage justice" because anyone is always guilty until proven innocent. I hope that changes and Japan will adopt the innocent until proven guilty just like most of the civilized world.

[HoangTran-wuse]

Yeah, be careful over there, if you got into a confrontation with a Japanese and the police shows up, you are screwed even if you are on the right side.

[kek]

The police can detain you for years with approval from a judge. You spend years in solitary confinement being questioned for hours every day until you confess. You have no right for an attorney and they essentially tortue you until you confess. Of course without a lawyer the amount of innocent people speding time in Jails/police stations is alarming in japan

[godzillaraiden]

You know sometimes living in Japan is not fun

[cokemouth]

If police can detain someone for 23 days just for being weird ima end up being detained for 24

[kamiyyn_]

The first one is a real problem. It was a long time ago but my cousin and I spent a week in Tokyo with her father because he had a meeting there. We are all foreigners by the way. We went to a ramen restaurant with my Uncle and cousin to celebrate our last few days there. I remember a japanese guy with a moustache passed by when the waiter was giving us our food. He made everything fall down and she had to pick it all up. The guy didn't even talk but continued walking so my Uncle went after him, asking him to apologise right away. The guy spoke in japanese so me and my cousin didnt understand anything but they both looked really angry at eachother. Suddenly, he brought out a police badge and he started handcuffing my Uncle. We were around 9 so we were obviously confused, then the owner came and asked what was going on. My Uncle had to go to jail for 3 days after the other policemen said he did nothing wrong and decided to let him go.

[radzi]

If the police in the US can detain you for looking sus things are gonna go wild

[KajiKintsugi]

There's a documentary about this that follows several innocent Japanese people arrested by the police in Japan. Who were then basically imprisoned for life. One of them was an old man who finally got out, after being incarcerated his whole life. It ruined his and his family's life as well.

Nothing has ever reminded me more of that short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas". In that story everyone lives in a beautiful country where everyone has great lives. But it all hinges on the fact that there is a boy kept in a dark room, never talked to, and always almost starving. Everyone knows he is there, and that he is the price that they pay to have happy lives. Almost everyone accepts that price, but a select few choose to walk

[ChickensAndGardening]

I think it's a good idea to do some research before going there especially to live. If you're just a tourist for 10 days, most people cut you some slack. There are lots of yt channels that teach about living there and after watching them for a few weeks, you can start to feel like you at least know the big things to avoid. Also it helps to be in a group or organization, such as a company, or a language school, or a tour group etc. Being a solo traveler in Asia, you are more vulnerable to all sorts of abuse and misunderstandings and no one is there to back you up. Asians are group oriented cultures for the most part so that's a good way to protect yourself. If a police stops you for any reason, letting them know you are with such-and-such corporation, or you teach at such-and-such school etc., gives them more context about you and they will relax a bit. Also it helps to bow politely and be very respectful because that is how you deal with cops in Japan. Being a snotty rude punk will not help you.

[nasis]

The legal system in Japan is very archaic for such a developed country.

[oxishimaruxo]

First time driving in Japan I wasn't aware that you can't turn left on red, like how in the US you can turn right on red as long as there's no sign posted, and the cop got me with 5 different moving violations.

But yes they can detain you without charge and remember to keep your mouth shut if you don't have a lawyer and not sign anything not written in your own language. Japan has a ~90% confession rate due to the tactics their police use when holding people in detention

[faithangelandkristofftoycr]

Bro there's always a genshin ad in Japan💀

[heinokunzelmann]

In America they can do that too, but they call it loitering

[DesmoChoJo]

My video buffered right after, “things i hate about living…” 😂

[rebeccaliew]

Having lived in Japan before too, there are worst things than these 3 things mentioned here. 1. the Elderly have xenophobia towards foreigners. (The younger Japanese are more open-minded instead. Mixing with younger Japanese is not so bad.) 2. The Tatemae (polite niceties) used by Japanese are more overwhelming than Honne (honest opinions), so you don't know the Japanese actually don't like you until few days/weeks later, via social media or from 'ghosting replies' from the Japanese themselves. 3. Due to no.2, you find that making friends with Japanese can be difficult, especially if you value direct communication, honesty & hate going around & about the bush.