Comments by "Harry \x22Nic\x22 Nicholas" (@HarryNicNicholas) on "Leaving Valuables Unattended in Japan" video.

  1. i put it down to religion and sanitation. children in japan spend there first years learning to clean, they clean the classrooms at school every day and although it becomes fanatical (walk into ajapnese house with shoes in you might as well throw poo everywhere) it results in cities where people don't litter, slum areas that are actually pleasant to look at and live in. but as far as theft is concerned you might not be aware but the christian god threatens (threarens mind you) you with ell if you disobey the rules, but if you say you love him you get off scott free, whereas in japan, shinto has no gods and is about respect for your family and ancestors, each other and respect for nature, if you steal in japan that is a sign you have failed and an insult to everyone around you, much more effective than unfulfilled threats. on top of that if you get arrested the japanese police make life very difficult (they are not violent) for you, they will keep you in custody until you confess, even if you are innocent, and in fact if you confess you get a small fine or a short stay in jail, it's actually easier to confess even if you are innocent. fines and jail are more convenient that detention without visitors. so the japanese have a mind that leans towards cleanliness, and there is no forgiveness for being a criminal. and they bow to EACH OTHER, not to some authority.
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  2. whenever i mention the low crime in japan to my (ex) wife she reminds me her family house has been burgled twice. organised crime is prevalent, but personal crime is almost non existent, when we were there i saw someone had left an expensive camera on a wall and when i asked my exwifw should we hand it over to the police she said no, just leave it the people who forgot it might remember and come back and it would be safe for a few days!
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  3. i was just saying, watch the video on the legal system, the japanese are quite hard nosed about crime. if you get arrested you get detained and can only see counsel when the police decide and although they don't use "rubber hose mentality" they make life very uncomfortable until you confess, even if you think you are innocent, they have a 90% sucess rate with confessions, and in fact if you do confess you get a small fine or a short stay in jail, as opposed to being isolated and harrassed in the police station, if you confess it's actually easier than going to court, so most people confess. you can be arrested for being the victim in a fight...crime is low because the japanese take policing very seriously.
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  4. you used to be able to do that in the UK, nowadays it's hit and miss and you're more likely to lose your things than not.
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