When anyone equates crime and Japan together they usually come up with the scary dragon tattooed , diaper rocking clan, the Yakuza. Yea, these guys have been on the front cover of Crime Japan magazine ever since the first Japanese amphibian had crawled out of the sea of Japan, and sunbathed on the gravely beaches of Nihon.
But when it comes to crime not related to gang warfare, the only thing you are only ever going to be worried about is either getting your sweet ass mama chari stolen, or getting felt up on the train, or classroom, which pretty much happens all the time. At least for me since I'm a sexy motherfucking beast. ( ask any old lady or six year old in Japan and they'd surly agree.)
But seriously, comparing to the rest of the world, crime here is pretty minimal. This is one of the reasons why I feel safer raising my kids in Japan. But don't get me wrong, there are your share of knuckle heads over here, just like anywhere else in the world, but for the benefit of every one else, they normally keep to themselves, so that they uphold their families image and not disgrace anyone.
But every once in a while, one of these idiots forget that they are Japanese and decide to make a spectacle of themselves, with usually something very pointy and stabby.
Yep, the locals killing tool of choice is pretty much always a knife, due to the anti gun law that rules over this country.
And this is where the gruesome weirdness of the Japanese ,once again, rears its manga hairdooed head.
These stories pop up time from time in the newspapers, which usually goes something like this...
You read...
"12year old boy cuts moms head off, hides it in soccor ball bag, and then goes for a walk around Tokyo. "
Or...
"Group of teenage boys kidnap 15 year old girl, rape, torture, and kill her in boys bedroom for over a month because they lost in some weird nerd card game which made them very, very, angry."
You take in the information, try and process it, and then say WTF? in your head for the rest of the day. Oh, and by the way, both of the stories actually happened. (Yikes)
But seriously, comparing to the rest of the world, crime here is pretty minimal. This is one of the reasons why I feel safer raising my kids in Japan. But don't get me wrong, there are your share of knuckle heads over here, just like anywhere else in the world, but for the benefit of every one else, they normally keep to themselves, so that they uphold their families image and not disgrace anyone.
But every once in a while, one of these idiots forget that they are Japanese and decide to make a spectacle of themselves, with usually something very pointy and stabby.
Yep, the locals killing tool of choice is pretty much always a knife, due to the anti gun law that rules over this country.
And this is where the gruesome weirdness of the Japanese ,once again, rears its manga hairdooed head.
These stories pop up time from time in the newspapers, which usually goes something like this...
You read...
"12year old boy cuts moms head off, hides it in soccor ball bag, and then goes for a walk around Tokyo. "
Or...
"Group of teenage boys kidnap 15 year old girl, rape, torture, and kill her in boys bedroom for over a month because they lost in some weird nerd card game which made them very, very, angry."
You take in the information, try and process it, and then say WTF? in your head for the rest of the day. Oh, and by the way, both of the stories actually happened. (Yikes)
But like I said before, these things are very rare occurrences, so there really isn't anything to fear lurking in the dark over here, other than frustrated mama nerd boys. Plus, when these horrible crimes are committed, the Japanese have no problem going Texan on these shit stains of society by hanging them at the gallows.
"Get a rope!"
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