The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
Don’t fuck with the Japanese justice system
No habeas corpus
No restrictions on coerced confessions
No fifth amendment
You are guilty until proven innocent.
Yeah, that’s the one thing that scares me from visiting Japan. I am a goof that somehow finds himself sometimes in bad situations accidentally, and I’m afraid of getting caught unable to communicate as to what really happened.
If that’s only applied to foreign “influencers” i.e. pieces of shit, it sounds like the perfect justice system.
Its like a 99.8% conviction rate. You don’t need to be a genius to think there might be cause for concern there, even if it hurts dickheads.
those are near Cardassian level conviction rates
I though he was a defense attorney?
That was probably a Star Trek reference, not about Robert Kardashian.
Yes, the spelling would have given that away.
Cases that aren’t already solved don’t go to trial.
99% conviction rate
Goddammit, don’t fuck up the perfect tourism spot, influencers.
I mean, we’ve had shit influencers here for quite a while, both foreign and domestic.
Remember that idiot who decided to go to the kaitenzushi places and lick the sushi?
I always hear about them but haven’t seen them in the wild, and I travel a lot. If I see any a-hole influencers while I’m there, I may become violently impolite. Because the Internet told me to.
People have such weird notions about Japan, I understand the classic racist infantilization and everything but this is the country that vomited anime all over the world and a dozen other crazy things - they can handle having a few people make cringe content.
Seems weirder to advocate for thieves taking advantage of courtesy and what is supposed to be mutual respect and graciousness because Japan makes cartoons.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A rise in the antics of nuisance influencers in Japan, who are accused of duping train ticket collectors and pretending to be homeless to get cash, has caused consternation in the country as tourism number near their pre-pandemic levels.
One of the suspected fare dodgers, known online as Fidias, posted a video to his 2.38 million subscribers over the weekend showing him and three others evading rail staff and blagging free food.
While Panayiotou’s followers applauded his audacity, the reaction from other social media users was overwhelmingly negative, with some accusing them of abusing Japan’s reputation for safety and hospitality.
Overcrowding at popular sight-seeing spots, as well as bad behaviour such as drinking on the street and littering, have prompted the government to draw up measures to reduce over-tourism, including steep rises in train fares and campaigns to attract visitors to lesser-known rural areas.
The influencer, who has since turned to boxing and professional wrestling, was labelled “disrespectful” and “disgusting” after he joked with friends about discovering the body in Aokigahara forest, a notorious suicide spot at the base of Mount Fuji.
Earlier this year, several people were arrested after they posted videos of themselves interfering with food in revolving sushi and other fast-food restaurants, forcing the industry to take emergency hygiene measures.
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Are they also going to investigate the mass-extinction causing climate-change impact of flying?
Yep, they’ve got most of the Japanese police force looking at it right now.
Bruh/Sis.
