Tokyo police post tweet to put people’s minds at ease, but creep them out with weird illustration

The resident is also usually asked to fill out a “resident information card” with information such as their name and occupation,

It's personal information, do they ever tell what they will do with those information? Any clear explanation of its usaget, all this time?

Weird looking, sure! But considering some of the photo shop fails recently coming out of Hollywood (ex, see https://fixthephoto.com/photoshop-fails.html and https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/g19556064/celebrity-photoshop-fails/), I'd guess that a mere cartoon won't necessarily freak out alot of people.

The cop also looks small next to the mom.

It feels like she could take him down without any problems.

It’s about the kids isn’t? Kids should be free to include noses, or not if they want.

J cops can’t be everywhere so this is an opportunity to canvass their neighborhoods.

The Police came to my house in Tokyo and my Ex Wife screamed and yelled at him at the top of her lungs as to why he was bothering us during dinner time. He just stood there in complete shock. Both are out of my life and I am happier for it.

It's personal information, do they ever tell what they will do with those information? Any clear explanation of its usaget, all this time?

If you don't like it, just ignore it but you have nothing to lose by letting community cops to get to know you

like your friend does.

I never could draw noses either.

The resident is also usually asked to fill out a “resident information card” with information such as their name and occupation, although this is optional

Never seemed very optional to me.

They will come by, I will open the door, and see the stupid look of a mixture of shock, surprise, fear ( this probably because they can't speak English and are terrified they may have to) as the Gaijin asks them what they want.

They ask a few questions then ask me to fill in the information forms.

I take the envelope and say maybe later as I am usually working.

I can assure you they will return several times asking for the information until I fill it in.

Then they will return at least one more time asking for "clarification"!

The usual reaction is " Is this a sharehouse?" And the answer, NO.

Then gets them more confused.

The concept that, my surname is different than my wife's, and both are different from the surname of my children who have their mother's (ex-wife) surname and that we are all adults living in the same house really doesn't register in there minds very well and takes several attempts to get them to understand.

If it wasn't a regular recurring thing it would be funny like it was the first time but now it is just annoying.

zichiToday  08:44 am JST

In our last city, the community cops called around once a year but it has not happened in our new city. Never see a police officer here. Occasional patrol car.

A driverless vehicle?

Sign of the Times? - “Cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face” appears to becoming the norm de rigueur. The nitpicking of insignificant details, overreaction to valid criticisms and personalized perceptions of what one may deem ‘disturbing’ may also indicate a heightening oversensitivity and that mental illness is possibly taking it’s toll on many in Japan.

Many Egyptian statues and monuments, most notably the Sphinx, are without noses. Replacing them to suit one’s individual taste may not necessarily agree with an aesthetic now accepted by the masses.

Easier and would be better to just cover their faces with masks which would be closer to reality anyway..

snowymountainhell: "It’s about the kids isn’t? Kids should be free to include noses, or not if they want."

Yeah, but I don't think it's BY kids. Had an officer come by last year for the first time since I've lived in this particular place (and I've lived here a while). Asked me if I was Junichi such-and-such. I kind of chuckled and said "No." He kept flipping through two or three sheets of paper, asked to see some ID. Checked my residence card and compared the address on it with the address we were at, asked me a bunch of questions, scratched his head, looked like he was going to ask some more, asked me to fill out a document, I said I didn't really have the time unless it was something quick (I was going out the door) but turns out it was some change in address form I needed to hanko and what not, so I just asked him to straighten it out at City Hall, where I had already straightened it out more than once, with many, many documents. He was kind enough, and apologized for the confusion (I wasn't confused), but it made me wonder what information they are going on and why the process is so cluttered and time-consuming if they can't even be accurate. Before he shuffled off to look at his papers again he asked me to watch out for "sagi" since some people in the area had been targeted.

you have nothing to lose by letting community cops to get to know you.

Oh really?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard

GBR48Today  10:24 am JST

you have nothing to lose by letting community cops to get to know you.

Oh really?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard

I was talking about them in Japan

The small cop and the tall mom have clearly fallen in love, and the kid is happy because now he gets to have 2 dads.

Many Egyptian statues and monuments, most notably the Sphinx, are without noses. Replacing them to suit one’s individual taste may not necessarily agree with an aesthetic now accepted by the masses.

They were designed and made with noses that later fell off or were vandalized.

That's like saying a classic car that's missing a wheel shouldn't have it replaced.

The drawing almost looks like those from some cult member at the door, especially the big book and the way he is holding it and the writing is fully visible.

There are more creepy things about the J-police forces than a weird manga,how about the continuous harassment to visible minorities on the street or some of their "fine" officers fiming women's under the skirt and acts like that.

This country might still be an economical powerhorse but has a police system that still resemble the feudal era.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and like many of the comments included with the original SoraNews story, everyone here should be equally entitled to adding commentary about what they see here.

Japanese have many, diverse predilections. Some are cute, some extremes, some unhealthy. Small, almost imperceptible noses as those depicted above may be an attractive trait to some. 

These images are no different from plastic surgery to attain that surreal yet popular doll-like, Korean ‘idol’ appearance. 

Have you seen J ‘celebrity(?) CM spokesperson and ‘talento(?) “Matt” ?

Very similar to our police officer above with the exception that Matt admittedly had had cosmetically bleached skin and surgically altered eyelids.

The cop also looks small next to the mom. 

It feels like she could take him down without any problems.

She has a right to take him down. He has clearly scared her young child, entered her private property and it almost looks like he has entered into her house, he is carrying a gun and demanding private personal information.

Maybe Japan is so safe and peaceful that you folks can afford being too stingy about them and their jobs

I would have thought , well in fact I am quite sure, they already have at least a bigger database with the names, occupation and other attributes of all the people registered in their koban district and this campaign is more intended to find some last loopholes, illegals , drug dealers, former inmates, and also checking some potentially dangerous or precarious cases, those with rumors of children abuse, family DV, or solely living high-agers that have recently not often seen outside anymore or have sometimes dementia issues and all such. It only just doesn’t look biased if packed into such a general and friendly campaign…

No masks either!

Don't ever give them your name, where you are from, how many of you are staying there or any other information. They use this information against you if necessary.

The make you feel like you have to give this. You don't have to cooperate at all. They don't have the right to intrude on you like this.

There were once in my building complex and even demanded my neighbor's foreign registration card. I was passing by and told her not to tell him anything and not to give him anything. I then angrily demanded that he leave the complex. He did.

Don't ever give them your name, where you are from, how many of you are staying there or any other information. They use this information against you if necessary.

They can get that information anyway, either from city office records or more likely from Mrs Tanaka up the road who knows everything about everybody. As Kenny G above says, there's no harm in being friendly with the local police.

Just install a video cam on your door and if you don’t want to be disturbed by this long time wasting process then just ignore them when they ring the door bell. Do the same when those creepy NHK guys come around to extort money!

So much fuss and online discussions regarding the illustration ( artwork ) that it made me realize that people have so much of free time on their hands to be bothered by or curious about something like this!

The local police are intruding on your civil liberties and have no right to your personal information whatsoever!

Tell them to beat it .

Don't take it wrong. I know there are disgusting police cops, I know, from my personal experience, who're arrogant, or too weird, in short, bunch of thoughtless idiots who think their profession under public authority is something so special.

You judge it. All J-Police cops are not like that. If you don't like it, raise your civil rights high and reject their demands, but if you have no problem with them whose job is to keep your neighbor residential area safe, behave like you do to your neighbor. What the heck is your problem to disclose your name and your profession etc? you have nothing to lose to say "Hi Gokurousan" to the cops.

Gee. You folks just don't understand as fair enough long as you lived here, why Japan is, ( or was) safe. Think twice. You chose to come to the place you laugh at homogeneous xenophobia island country. Wherever you want to go " my way", you don't have to stick to this country. You have so many choice

@albaleoToday

They can get that information anyway, either from city office records or more likely from Mrs Tanaka up the road who knows everything about everybody. As Kenny G above says, there's no harm in being friendly with the local police.

Of course if they have true necessity in the time they need it, they can get it using legal procedure but that doesn't mean people have no right with their own personal data. That door to door form filling has been long exist, still there is no explanation on how information from those form is being used.

What is this Japanese obsession with big eyes (and brown hair)?

Pukey2Today  08:06 pm JST

What is this Japanese obsession with big eyes (and brown hair)?

The size of eyes depends on how your hearts look at the people, unless everybody goes to have cosmetic surgery as a norm like somewhere else

Reading that was a waste of time. Much ado about noseing.

Because they're cute without noses?

Girls are always getting cosmetic surgery

Lol

That’s not supposed to be her left eye brow. It’s the inner part of the eye near the nasal septum.There is one good thing about this pic though, and that is the cop has a darker skin. Usually people jump up and down about dark skin being used for criminals.nice to see some darker skin though.

Your due my humble apology within this forum @zichi, from myself (and perhaps, another) for misunderstanding the intention of your earlier @8:08am post until the context & content was explained later in the day. 

To paraphrase the clarification, from recollection (before it disappeared):

 “…did not say it was for profit…. It is organized by the city and museum… Fees are collected to cover costs.… Some paid from own pocket…I don’t understand “blasting out one’s brand or service”. Like one guy here restoring antiques? …” 

… or mostly to that effect? (based on what I can recall)  

Please accept my sincere apology @zichi for that misunderstanding 

and also, accept ‘my best wishes for the upcoming community event’. - Regards