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Just goes to show that the oft believed stereotypes of all Japanese being humble and not wanting to stir things up is a complete myth. Just recently I saw a YouTube vlogger discussing an infamous crime that happened in Japan, and predictably the video mentioned how rigid Japanese society is with the cliched "the nail that sticks out is hammered down" quote.

The fact is that many Japanese are NOT afraid to speak their minds and be openly hostile and aggressive towards anyone in society. These are the people abusing customer service staff and hassling foreign tourists unnecessarily.

"Nakajima said many foreign business owners in Akakura have refused to join the local tourism association. One consequence is a lot of broken rules on the part of businesses and tourists that range from not disposing of garbage properly, to overparking to late-night fireworks."

Hmmm, why am I not surprised. This little tidbit will be lost on those who are quick to gaslight local Japanese for not doing more to accommodate foreign tourists. Classic case of individuals that think rules don't apply to them.

And why not do something to entice tourists to come in summer. I'm sure they can build local attractions and things of that sort.

This wouldn't work in other countries like America because the robots would be vandalized and destroyed constantly.

Like a broken record...

Unless the Chinese government stops indoctrinating their citizens in anti-Japanese fervor, nothing will ever change. There's videos of Chinese citizens stepping on images of Japanese flags at entrances to buildings.

Agree to meet to establish harmonious ties. South Korea, China then complain about what Japan did. Ties in disarray ("lingering resentment from WW2" nonsense). Lather, rinse, repeat.

Unless South Korea and China stops the indoctrination of their citizens since youth in promoting anti-Japanese sentiments, there will never be any harmony among them.

Good for them, wishing them success for the future.

Well, it's clear he was a homicidal maniac, so people can't excuse this like they typically do by saying he only did it to end her suffering from terminal illness or other such excuses.

How'd this Musk guy weasel his way into such prominence within tRump's organization?

Good for them, Russians should be made to feel welcome. For the most part they are well behaved and stick to themselves. World politics have no business encroaching on everyday lives.

North Korea warning Japan about anything, while they regularly launch missiles into the sea of Japan?

Pure comedy.

No doubt there are plenty of idiotic things foreigners have done. But as happens everywhere else in the world, foreigners get singled out unnecessarily at times (and it is NOT a Japanese only phenomenon where foreigners get the brunt of criticism). And it's gotten to the point local Japanese "vigilantes" go around harassing random tourists and filming it, like in Nara park.

Maybe China should stop indoctrinating it's citizens in anti Japanese hatred first. They always make it Japan's responsibility but China is the one that needs to do work.

Kim Sae-ron  was only 15 years of age when Kim Soo-hyun started dating her (he was around 27 years of age I believe). There is clear evidence the two were dating due to diary entries and the such.

One wonders if that kind of grooming eventually led to her developing mental health issues later in life. The drunken driving incident only magnified her issues which led to her death at the young age of only 24.

Kim Soo-hyun is a nasty individual to say the least.

Japan is the low hanging fruit for 'activists' like Watson. He took full advantage of the world's inherent bias against Japan especially when it comes to things like animal rights. As someone else mentioned, Watson and his cronies aren't as brave when it comes to confronting whalers from Nordic countries, they wouldn't stand for harassment from activist types.

My opinions on this guy changed once I saw him cowardly leave Japan undercover and let his American counterpart behind to face the music. The way he left Japan is pretty much how he ran Nissan.

I'm glad to see comments on YouTube discussing this case at least understanding where this guy came from. She certainly didn't deserve to be killed, but she was playing with fire by asking lonely guys to loan her money under very false pretenses and flaunting not paying him back (despite the courts deciding she had to).

Hopefully the numbers will grow exponentially in the decades to come. Japanese are no longer having kids at even a break even sustainable rate. There will certainly be growing pains as we have seen with the nonstop drama involving tourism and tourist behavior. But this is the way Japan will survive, by foreign immigration.

Once again Japan showing up a world that continues to define them as 'racist' and 'xenophobic' to the core. Another foreign-born, non ethnic Japanese person is chosen to lead a transglobal corporation. Hell will freeze over before any American auto company ever hires an individual of Japanese descent to lead its company. Bravo, Nissan. They didn't let the bad taste of Ghosn affect their decision to hire Ivan.

Why has no one brought up the possibility that this president is in the initial stages of dementia? He has been absolutely reckless in his decisions both nationally and internationally, with no rhyme or reason. One day he threatens tariffs, next day postpones it, following week on again.

I read statistical studies that show once a woman has been involved in a non-fatal strangulation incident with her partner in a relationship (and survives such an attack), the odds of her being killed by her partner in the future increases to an astronomical 750% Just like as happened to Gabby Petito and countless others. Authorities around the world need to do a much better job at assessing risk to people in abusive relationships.

My guess is that this was only an issue because the woman was in her 50's. Had this been a 20 year old Japaenese gravure model type quality, no one would have cared one bit. Sad double standards against elderly in our society.

This is just another sign of the decay in respect for law and respect for others that has been plaguing Japan the past several decades. It is no coincidence you seem to read about these kinds of crimes more often nowadays in Japan. Those days of people forgetting a wallet on a train and then later finding it with the contents intact are long gone.

It seems like the legal hold up was due to Ito using footage and other sources that were not properly authorized, not due to some nefarious conspiracy by a sexist Japanese society determined to silence women like her (which is how the world media is trying to spin it). Even Ito acknowledged the importance of protecting her sources and things of that nature, and is working to fix them.

There's no such thing as over-tourism. It's just tourism. Stop complaining and accept it. Your complaining won't change anything. The xenophobia in Japan is unbelievable.

Was it 'xenophobia' and 'racism' when locals in Spain and Italy voiced their opposition to mass tourism, engaging in very public demonstrations?

That's what I thought.

I've been saying it for a long time despite people denying it.

Japan is no longer that safe country as people think it is

You can't make this stuff up. Pure comedy.

The picture is exactly how many people envision what yakuza leader looks like

To add to NihonRyu's excellent observations, the Chinese government seems to be toning its anti-Japanese stance down just a little bit most likely due to Trump becoming president, and engaging in talks with Japan. But Japan does need to get tougher with China in all ways. A recent China Observer video opened my eyes to the depravity of the anti-Japanese mindset among many mainland Chinese. The video clearly showed small school children being indoctrinated to hate Japan, which continues through adulthood. The video also showed Chinese tourists defrauding a Japanese business in Japan and then later bragging about it on social media about how they stuck it to the "invaders." Japan must not allow mainland Chinese to destabilize Japan.

If it's not mainland Chinese stomping on Japanese flags and business owners bragging about beating up Japanese people, it's these cyber punks that are trying to destabilize Japan through hacking.

As if Japanese citizens never went around flaunting their wealth in the 90s, buying up foreign property, booking all the cruises. They used to walk into my yard as a kid and take pictures of everything. It was a stereotype for a while, the Japanese rich tourist with the huge expensive camera around his neck. Oh what, we're not supposed to be here? Sorry we don't speak english!

Classic red herring comment by the anti Japan crowd. What does what Japanese tourists supposedly did in the 90's and buying up real estate in Western countries have anything to do whatsoever with this topic.

This is about foreigners misbehaving and ignoring rules in Japan just so they can get that perfect photo op. Nothing whatsoever to do with Japanese behavior in other countries, and it's typical mentality of this anti J crowd that Japanese people are not allowed to be upset at anyone acting badly in Japan, due to some Japanese people behaving badly abroad. Some 'logic' there.

And hypocritical since these people would get outraged if foreigners behaved badly in their native countries. In that case they aren't going to sympathize with the foreigners and demand that the local businesses build new structures and do everything they can to accommodate them. So ludicrous