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TaiwanIsNotChina
I see you forgot your sarcasm tags.
kaimycahl
A career criminal at best, this guy was arrested for skimming and in January, Okuma and another man were arrested and later indicted for allegedly faxing a bomb threat to the Tokyo College of Music. This guy will never learn.
NotThe One
Very safe? Or just ignorance? There could have been victims that never ever realized they were hacked or too embarrassed. Sometimes, the inept J-police will tell people who report crimes that there is nothing that they can do, and it stops there.
Elvis is here
It's actually a collection of islands. A casual look at a map would tell you. It spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands.
therougou
Card skimming happens all the time. This guy must have made it easy for the police if this is the first time they caught anyone.
ian
Wow at first I thought it must be a typo , seems too large a figure from what I vaguely remember.
Turns out there was a recent recount of islands and the number more than doubled from the previous count
NotThe One
@Alan Ochoa
False, Japanese citizens commit more crimes than any other group in Japan. The majority of US citizens living in Japan are expats being paid by international companies or military. Both employers do not tolerate crimes abroad and will swiftly punish any criminal acts within reason.
Care to provide any actual evidence on your statement?
Mickelicious
Only in Japan:
Hacker faxes bomb threat
Gozar
Young Okuma's talents could be put to better use working for the PSIA.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I never said any such thing, but you cannot deny that having a huge undefended border with a country that is #70 on the gdp per capita list plus all of the poorer countries south of it has at least some effect.
TaiwanIsNotChina
The US also doesn't have all developed neighbors, thank you very much. It's easy to have low crime when you are an island.
CrashTestDummy
Very first case of credit card skimming in Japan? Wow. There is so little crime in Japan. In the US, there has been about 120,00 credit card skimming crimes in the first half of 2023. Big difference.
therougou
Also in shock nobody has commented about the fax yet.