...and I guarantee that the neighbors didn't take off their shoes when they were putting out this drunken lush's grease fire.
Being Japanese and being stupid are two entirely different things. The whole reason for taking off your shoes is to keep dirt out of the home... but when there's a fire??? There's more dirt and filth from smoke damage than I can bring in on my shoes (unless I just stepped in it before coming home) in a year.
C'mon, this guy is a moron and will be exiled like one by his local community.