Japanese tourist punched in Guam

[Samurai_Jerk]

Arrest made after video of punch goes viral

A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday, after a video of an alleged assault went viral.

The video shows a man, who appears to be a tourist, falling to the ground after being punched in the face.

Rickson Ayin of Dededo was arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct, said Officer A.J. Balajadia, Guam Police Department spokesman. He was booked and released, Balajadia said.

The incident occurred late last month, Balajadia said.

"With zero tolerance on crimes against tourists and after viewing a video that was placed on YouTube, officers with the Tumon/Tamuning precinct aggressively investigated and located the suspect," he said.

The video shows one man confronting another man on a beach in East Agana Bay. The suspect tells the victim “don’t take off your clothes, small kids” before striking him on the side of the head, sending him to the ground.

A man off camera can be heard apologizing in Japanese, followed by "sorry," in English.

Not that it excuses the punch but I wonder if that Japanese dude had stripped down to change on the beach or if the guy just didn't like his tight bathing suit. My guess is the former since I can't imagine what he's wearing would be unusual on the beach in Guam.

[matsuki]

Not that it excuses the punch but I wonder if that Japanese dude had stripped down to change on the beach or if the guy just didn't like his tight bathing suit. My guess is the former since I can't imagine what he's wearing would be unusual on the beach in Guam.

....or had just run around on the beach naked? I mean...he is Japanese

Not so sure what else would warrant such a reaction and "don't take off your clothes....small kids!" (well, the other options are only downhill from there)

[wagyl]

As an antidote to imperialist youtube comments like

Japanese people should be able to vacation in America without this shit happening to them.

(although based on that username it might be a Kuro-like trickster),

the puncher, now released, says that the punchee was repeatedly pulling his drawers down after being cautioned time and time again. http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/local/6202

[Takechanpoo]

a "tough" guy trying to show his masculinity only when confronts small skinny people.
wholeheartedly appreciate it

[Wage Slave]

I'm just saddened by the fact that for so many Americans the only response to any problem is violence. Remember that post about being asked to use the front exits on a plane when it wasn't a good idea - "I'd punch someone who did that."

I suppose the guy is lucky he didn't get shot.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm just saddened by the fact that for so many Americans the only response to any problem is violence. Remember that post about being asked to use the front exits on a plane when it wasn't a good idea - "I'd punch someone who did that."

I suppose the guy is lucky he didn't get shot.

Guam isn't really America and that guy's not originally from Guam.

[Coligny]

a "tough" guy trying to show his masculinity only when confronts small skinny people.
wholeheartedly appreciate it

Dood, you should post your vacation videos moar often.

They are great fun...

How many teeth did you lose ?

[inflames]

I'm just saddened by the fact that for so many Americans the only response to any problem is violence. Remember that post about being asked to use the front exits on a plane when it wasn't a good idea - "I'd punch someone who did that."

Ah yes, my comment on how I would punch someone who is blocking my way and telling me to go towards a fire.

Random stuff does happen - one of my friends was back home and some guy tried to fight him while he was having breakfast with his family because he was wearing the "wrong" jersey.

FWIW, Japan is probably the only country where people would have ignored this guy - getting punched or having someone call the cops depends a lot on the people as well as the place.

[wuchan]

Just clicked past a NHK world program called "Cool Japan"

If you didn't know "cool japan" is a show in english that has a panel of gaijin that judge how cool japan is. It's pretty sad.

Today had an extra treat. The topic was, "Japanese people not scolding" ... "cool or not?"

Found here:http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/cooljapan/201510070600/

I can't take this show for more than 37 seconds but I predict that the panel thought it was cool that Japanese people are total bitches and never call each other out resulting in the freak show that is Tokyo today.

I found it extra magical that his was aired just after the punching video got big.......

[kurogane]

The topic was, "Japanese people not scolding" ... "cool or not?"
Found here:http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/cooljapan/201510070600/
I can't take this show for more than 37 seconds but I predict that the panel thought it was cool that Japanese people are total bitches and never call each other out resulting in the freak show that is Tokyo today.

Sounds nauseating to be sure. This simpleton LCD Cultural Trivia is getting a touch moronic even for NHK. BTW, I think it is way, way cool that Japanese tend not to scold each other much in public; as long as somebody isn't violent or really disruptive general asshattery isn't that big a deal, and the increasing tolerance and legitimacy of loopy cat lady meddling and scolding back here is way fucking out of line. Not to mention the entire premise of that show is complete BS: they might do it noticeably less in public than in the West, but it's hardly non-existent (cue drunk Jpn Ahole on train harassing Colombian tourist douches seen here a bit back), and they more than make up for it behind closed doors with their shoes off.

But good find, and Otsukaresama. 37 seconds is probably 32 seconds longer than I could take

[dimwit]

Any show with a panel of gaijin in it discussing Japanese culture is the second easiest way to get me to evacuate a room. My wife loves watching these programs, like after all this time she still cares enough to want to know what goes through my mind. I find it kinda touching.

[kurogane]

Having been pigeonholed more than a few times following that week's Stupid Crap, Brought to you by Pa^-kunt, I agee it is sweet, and love them we do, but they have horrible taste in TV. CSI? ??? Friends!!?????? That love of simplistic schlock is aggravatingly endearing.

Oook.

[Yokohammer]

The second you realize that the foreigners on these "panels" are wetting their pants with joy over being asked for an opinion ... and ON TV, NO LESS ... is the instant that you (should) realize that their objectivity is severely impaired and that they are basically only there to stroke the national ego, regardless of what they themselves believe. But boy, are those shows popular. I guess there's a thriving market for ego strokers around these here parts.


~ Tapatalking ~

[kurogane]

Have you ever been recruited by local TV up your way? I used to get that in them thar hills in Geefoo and such. The production guidelines or expectations were mindnumbingly simplistic and they insisted on costumes, so outside of actual research related topics I always demurred. I think you have to be One of Those FGs to want to do that. Or just so sick of ESL you'll talk to Faust. Apparently even Bad Kent (Gilbert???) is clambering out of that hole he dug himself by selling his RW apology schtick. Whadda maroon.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Today had an extra treat. The topic was, "Japanese people not scolding" ... "cool or not?"

Found here:http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/cooljapan/201510070600/

Foreigners who live in Japan ask the question "Why don't Japanese people scold"? Nobody scolds children making a racket in trains, elevators or restaurants. The naggy neighborhood lady and the grumpy old man disappeared, and adults that can't scold at schools or companies are increasing. Japan has become a society that is unable to scold compared to the West, where people freely speak up and scold. Why don't people scold? What are the borderlines for when and when not to scold? Are Japanese who don't scold cool?

Yeesus. Couldn't they come up with a less clumsy way to ask that question? Maybe they're stretching to come up with "cool" things to talk about.

I do like the fact that Japanese people are generally non confrontational in public and are pretty good at ignoring people who are annoying but ultimately harmless. However, I do see nagging mother scolding their kids for goofing off pretty regularly and since they all use that affected high-pitched baby talk it almost always ends up being more distracting than whatever the kid was doing. It's made even worse by them stopping every 30 seconds to apologize to everyone in the vicinity for their kids being meiwaku while continuing to harangue them for far too long. And in my experience teaching in the public school system on JET and working in a couple of Japanese companies scolding without any goal other than to humiliate the person being scolded is an overused tool if anything.

[Yokohammer]

Have you ever been recruited by local TV up your way? I used to get that in them thar hills in Geefoo and such. The production guidelines or expectations were mindnumbingly simplistic and they insisted on costumes, so outside of actual research related topics I always demurred. I think you have to be One of Those FGs to want to do that. Or just so sick of ESL you'll talk to Faust. Apparently even Bad Kent (Gilbert???) is clambering out of that hole he dug himself by selling his RW apology schtick. Whadda maroon.

I got that quite a bit when I was much younger and wetter behind the years, but I'm too old and opinionated to be of any use to those folk any more. I also don't hang out at trendy gaijin watering holes (or English schools) where recruiters are likely to ambush potential ego strokers. But I have never really wanted to be part of that crowd anyway. I did do radio in the Shonan area for about 10 years, but that was my own weekly show and I just blabbered about stuff and played music I like, so it was mostly fun. One local community station up here did approach me about doing some stuff for them a few years ago, but when I listened to the show they were talking about it was: get a bunch of gaijin in a studio and ask them about their countries and their experiences in Japan. So I let that one slide. Not that hard up for exposure.


~ Tapatalking ~

[kurogane]

That radio show sounds cool. I get what you mean with the rest of it, and I have found in the past 4 or 5 years recruiting types seem much less interested when they find out my age and background. They seem to want fresh newbies that can speak Jpn but still struggle with it. A few friends claimed it was because they assumed I couldn't speak Japanese, but I wonder if it's not outright ageism and my lack of fit for the target market. Either way, I win because I'm not interested. I actually can't imagine any show in that Look At The Foreigners! genre that could be well written enough to get me interested. It sounds like more of a pain than it's worth, and the pay is crap.

[Takechanpoo]

why dont recent japanese scold?
its not mainly because recent japanese are pussies.
its because contemporary japanese society does not have a common value beyond local communities, generations, sex, job categories, unlike western societys one based on holy bible.
just imagine what happens if you scold someone who dont have the same common value as you. it means starting a "war".

[kurogane]

Good points. I think it also has a lot to do with the construction and understanding of public space: if Public is All of Ours in The West, then it is Nobody's in Particular in Japan. Simplistic but still relevant, I think.

I think public scolding is more pronounced in The West, but this is a stupid topic, or at least stupidly framed and produced. I think the rise of the cat ladies in the west is simply the continuing overindulgence of fuckwitted baby boomers, perhaps combined with the fear of seeming sexist or ageist for criticising these undermedicated mental patients, all of it facilitated and strenghtened by the Interwebz.

[matsuki]

the puncher, now released, says that the punchee was repeatedly pulling his drawers down after being cautioned time and time again. http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/local/6202

Yappari!

Having witnessed boys from the "famous" Keio University show how homo supposed non-homos can act, I don't doubt he's telling the truth...but his description of the assery really seals the deal.

I'm just saddened by the fact that for so many Americans the only response to any problem is violence. Remember that post about being asked to use the front exits on a plane when it wasn't a good idea - "I'd punch someone who did that."

I suppose the guy is lucky he didn't get shot.

Guam isn't really America and that guy's not originally from Guam.

...and let's be fair, according to his story, his original response was to tell him to put his clothes back on. (or try?)

I mean, I get your point, but he didn't just go rolling up on these idiots with clenched fists, determined to "teach these guys a lesson." Personally, I could care less if some J-tards are getting naked on the beach, maybe it's youtube worthy or if it's illegal in Guam and you have no life, it's worth reporting? ....but obviously this guy is a father, found it offensive, and it sounds like the J- dudes may have been high/drunk/mental. It's not like he beat the guy senseless or something either...language/seriousness wasn't getting through so hit the dude out of frustration. Not that it's justified but one hit conveyed he wasn't fucking around...and then he walked away. Even if they weren't high/drunk, it wouldn't be the first time I've seen a J-dude get manhandled for continuing to laugh, repeat words they don't understand, and not realize the gravity of some situation overseas.

[Samurai_Jerk]

It's not like he beat the guy senseless or something either...language/seriousness wasn't getting through so hit the dude out of frustration. Not that it's justified but one hit conveyed he wasn't fucking around...and then he walked away.

A sucker punch like that can do some serious damage and even kill.

[matsuki]

It's not like he beat the guy senseless or something either...language/seriousness wasn't getting through so hit the dude out of frustration. Not that it's justified but one hit conveyed he wasn't fucking around...and then he walked away.

A sucker punch like that can do some serious damage and even kill.

...and the weight of either of those outcomes would/should fall on the guy for throwing the punch. FTR, I'm not saying the guy should have thrown a punch, just saying it's not like it was his first reaction nor was his intent to pound the guy into the sand.

[Coligny]

It's not like he beat the guy senseless or something either...language/seriousness wasn't getting through so hit the dude out of frustration. Not that it's justified but one hit conveyed he wasn't fucking around...and then he walked away.

A sucker punch like that can do some serious damage and even kill.

You say that like if it was a bad thing...

[Samurai_Jerk]

It's not like he beat the guy senseless or something either...language/seriousness wasn't getting through so hit the dude out of frustration. Not that it's justified but one hit conveyed he wasn't fucking around...and then he walked away.

A sucker punch like that can do some serious damage and even kill.

...and the weight of either of those outcomes would/should fall on the guy for throwing the punch. FTR, I'm not saying the guy should have thrown a punch, just saying it's not like it was his first reaction nor was his intent to pound the guy into the sand.

You have no idea what his intent was or what happened before that video started recording.

[matsuki]

I'm assuming he's telling the truth but based on what we do know, it doesn't sound like he's full of shit:

J-dudes not reporting anything
Him turning himself in after the vid went viral
His lecture in the video and walking away after hitting the guy
Him apologizing for "making Guam look bad"

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm assuming he's telling the truth but based on what we do know, it doesn't sound like he's full of shit:

J-dudes not reporting anything
Him turning himself in after the vid went viral
His lecture in the video and walking away after hitting the guy
Him apologizing for "making Guam look bad"

His story sounds believable but that doesn't mean it's true. I think a lot of tourists, especially young guys, wouldn't report it if no one was seriously hurt. It's probably more trouble than it's worth to them. Most people from Japan pop over to Guam for two or three nights at most and I doubt they want to spend a big chunk of their short vacation in a police station. If I were in a similar situation, I wouldn't bother with the police even I had done nothing wrong.

[Takechanpoo]

seems like that long-haired j-midget gettin punched was a legitimate scum dude.

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he himself confessed swam naked before getting punched.
that guam guy should have shot the scum to death.

[wagyl]

Skinny dipping.
Next on the list of crimes deserving capital punishment.

Because the state-sanctioned taking of a life is never going to come back and bite it in the bum.

[matsuki]

Love it...

Gets some youtube fame for getting knocked the fuck while being a drunk/high/naked asshole....tweets about how the drugs and alcohol saved his face from damage.

[Coligny]

Whare can I get mah rice-nigga hunting license ?

I'm really good with attack choppers in ARMA... (Well... Anywhere in fact...)