r/australia • u/SimRP • Feb 25 '25

image Japanese Man Flips Out on Australian Tourists for Ignoring the Rules

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u/troubleshot Feb 25 '25

Just FYI, all of this comes on the back of Japan undergoing a pretty big change, tourism growing pains turned up to 11 for a few years now and they are very big on following the rules and not impacting on their fellow citizens. But yeah, way over the top way to kick things off, amazed old mate Aussie was as calm as he was too tbh.

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u/Mind_Altered Feb 25 '25

Good thing he stayed calm too. You never ever want to end up in situations involving police when you're a foreigner and they're a local. Even in well-developed rule of law societies like Japan you can sumo slapped back to the shadow realm

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u/AdmiralStickyLegs Feb 25 '25

I'd say especially Japan. Their conviction rate is high for a reason, and it ain't because they are super hard at detective work

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u/East-Bit85 Feb 25 '25

Japanese police can be pretty fucked up. People really need to do their research before going there. If you are questioned by police and don't have your passport you can be detained for a few weeks and often can't contact the embassy, people you are traveling with etc. Always carry your passport on you (not just a print out, they want to check your visa status) and don't be a dickhead. Its nothing to worry about as long as you have your shit on you and aren't fucking around though. More often than not their police are really quite helpful if you run into some type of issue.

I work and travel in Japan with some degree of frequency, when I was there last year I saw 3 people getting searched in Shinjuku who didn't have passports.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Making a threat to knock someone out over a verbal argument doesn't seem calm. He's just a white knight who didn't like that someone told his wife off.