[Blood of Tyrants]

Japan doesn’t have a lot of crime period. Merchants put products for sale on the sidewalk and leave them unattended. Parents let 7 year olds ride the subway by themselves. It has to do with a law abiding, homogeneous society and a great deal of crime is committed by foreigners.

There was an incident several years ago where a band form a traditionally black college visited Japan. The took notice of the unguarded sidewalk items and stole so much merchandise, that the police stopped the plane from leaving and ordered all the people off and searched them for the merchandise.

[hanamizu]

Parents let 7 year olds ride the subway by themselves.

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I saw this myself on the Yokohama-Tokyo line. 5 or 6 first-graders riding the train with no adult. Not only were they perfectly safe, they were also able to pay their fare and get off at the right stop. Kids can do so much more capable than we give them credit for.

[lefty-lie-spy]

That is true. There is virtually no crime here. This is a wonderful country, but you have to have the personality for it. I’ve heard horror stories of foreigners that “just can’t get it” and go batsshit crazy. This mostly relates to English teachers. The other foreign professionals I know also love it here as much as I do, as well as the majority of the English teachers I have met.