The Japanese Police are BEST!

[Video-Link Japan]

So, what is the problem? You can not say..." Yeah Shibuya Me. You are 100% right! The police in Japan are really asses! "

Sometimes they do a pretty good job protecting girls who need help..!!!

Abducted school girl uses cell phone to lead police to attacker.
Mainichi Daily Oct. 1, 2003

KUMAMOTO -- An abducted high school girl used her mobile phone to lead police to her attacker's car, sparking a chase before he was arrested, officials said Wednesday... After the chase, several police cars and a helicopter surrounded Uemura's car at about 9:30 a.m

What a Great program it would have made for a Japan version of 'Cops'

[Shibuya Me]

Welp!

I read your remarkable version of " Why Foreigners Should Not Expect Japanese Police to Do Their Jobs..."

And thank you for once again trying to justify why the lazy stupid ass Japanese Police should not or do not have to do their jobs!

But not matter what you are anyone elses says or writes on this site...there remains a problem.

The innocent Japanese young girls are being stabbed, killed, used as sex toys at a young age, and the list goes on...

And you guys try to justify this and " protect " the Japanese police by saying......

" Welp! Japanese Police Officers are Japanese. And you Westerners must not expect them to actually protect the citizens of Japan"

Well ( Welp ) you are wrong and I don' t give two rats asses ( or even four rats asses ) what country we are in.


The fact is.....people need a " REAL Police Force in Japan"
You people who try to justify what the Japanese police are doing ( or not doing ) simply due to their race being Japanese....ARE A JOKE!

Be afraid.....don`t call the police. Because if you do...you are wrong in thinking they will actually help you!

But that is fine....they don`t have to help you....they are Japanese! Right?

[Shibuya Me]

So, what is the problem? You can not say..." Yeah Shibuya Me. You are 100% right! The police in Japan are really asses! "

Sometimes they do a pretty good job protecting girls who need help..!!!

Abducted school girl uses cell phone to lead police to attacker.
Mainichi Daily Oct. 1, 2003

KUMAMOTO -- An abducted high school girl used her mobile phone to lead police to her attacker's car, sparking a chase before he was arrested, officials said Wednesday... After the chase, several police cars and a helicopter surrounded Uemura's car at about 9:30 a.m

What a Great program it would have made for a Japan version of 'Cops'

So basically the GIRL led the police to her.

Wow! So I don`t get it...how did the police do their job?

It was the girl who called police and led them to her!

What did the police to as far as real police work?

They followed the young girls directions!

Wow! That is so great!

Man!

That is really difficult!

Thanks and good try. But the Japanese police SUCK and if you will all just admit it instead of trying to pin point that the Japanese police answered a phone call from a young girl...then asked her...

" Welp"! What should we do little girl? Okay. Uh mmm..Sure..we will help you. Be right there! Good bye!"

( That was a phone call...) Yes! The Japanese police can answer a telephone!

[Video-Link Japan]

So basically the GIRL led the police to her.
Wow! So I don`t get it...how did the police do their job?
It was the girl who called police and led them to her!
What did the police to as far as real police work?
They followed the young girls directions! Wow! That is so great!
That is really difficult!
Thanks and good try. But the Japanese police SUCK and if you will all just admit it instead of trying to pin point that the Japanese police answered a phone call from a young girl...then asked her...
" Welp"! What should we do little girl? Okay. Uh mmm..Sure..we will help you. Be right there! Good bye!"
( That was a phone call...) Yes! The Japanese police can answer a telephone!

Whew.. Now I know your a Total F.G..

So please tell us then, where in the world do they have Psychic Cops..?!? Maybe you watched too much TV as a kid?!?.. "My Spidey Senses are Tingling".. Face it.. your ranting yesterday about how fuckin lousy they are (like its unique to ONLY Japan) and then insisted we talk about only "local examples found in the paper" and so here you go, with chopper and all, saving the young girl within an hour of being kidnapped. Hmmm.. whatever, it really rubs me the wrong way when people use an isolated incident to make Sweeping Generalizations sound like they are everyday Facts.

[Caustic Saint]

Sometimes they do a pretty good job protecting girls who need help..!!!

Abducted school girl uses cell phone to lead police to attacker.
Mainichi Daily Oct. 1, 2003

KUMAMOTO -- An abducted high school girl used her mobile phone to lead police to her attacker's car, sparking a chase before he was arrested, officials said Wednesday... After the chase, several police cars and a helicopter surrounded Uemura's car at about 9:30 a.m

What a Great program it would have made for a Japan version of 'Cops'

So basically the GIRL led the police to her.

Wow! So I don`t get it...how did the police do their job?

It was the girl who called police and led them to her!

What did the police to as far as real police work?

They followed the young girls directions!

Wow! That is so great!

Man!

"Maybe we should put her in charge."

[Shibuya Me]

I know what you are saying. That the police in Japan are like police everywhere. Right?

And what I am saying is, " Whatever!"

The topic is " The Japanese Police "

So....do ya understand?

We can discuss the police in the U.S. if you would like....?

[ramchop]

I know what you are saying. That the police in Japan are like police everywhere. Right?

SM, have you had any dealings with the police in your time in Japan?

I haven't. But I'm not about to condemn the entire Japanese police force as useless just because of a horrendous fuck-up by one group (and I agree it was a totally unacceptable fuck-up).

They may well be useless, but if I ever have to make use of the police here then I'll know where to find one. In my friendly neighbourhood Koban (1 min walk away).

At home where would I look? Dial 111 then wait..........

[Crispy]

Oh, I thought by and large they didn't. Any idea how many yakuza have guns? Is it statistically propable that any given yakuza the police would hassle would pull out a gun and shoot them?

How often do you see cops hassling real gangsters?

So the gangsters are the ones with the guns, and the police won't bother the gangsters, and the gangsters know this. Therefore, what are the police worried about?

[Shibuya Me]

Welp...

Okay. I agree. I understand. I know what you are all saying.

But, this thread was about the stupid Japanese cops who allowed the girl to be stabbed 5 or 6 times when they were 30 meters from her door.

I hear so many stories about the cops here and yes. Something did happen and the cops...due to my being a foreigner...would not help me!

So then I did a lot of reasearch and found the police on a whole are a bunch of asses....

That's all.....

Are you all blind for living in Japan tooooooo long?

[cstaylor]

Oh, I thought by and large they didn't. Any idea how many yakuza have guns? Is it statistically propable that any given yakuza the police would hassle would pull out a gun and shoot them?

How often do you see cops hassling real gangsters?

So the gangsters are the ones with the guns, and the police won't bother the gangsters, and the gangsters know this. Therefore, what are the police worried about?

Because organized crime is illegal, intimidating local businesses by shaking them down for cash is illegal, shooting people, no matter what their profession, is illegal. I understand what Steve B. is getting at, but in the end the gangsters are bleeding this country of money, and the police (both regional and national) are responsible for not doing anything about it.

[Shibuya Me]

Okay. Welp! I guess I have to admit when I am wrong!

The Japanese police are not responsible for providing protection for the citizens of Japan. Nor are they to do anything which might get in the way of Yakuza personnel. Nor are they to stop young girls from being prostitutes (by enforcing laws) in Shibuya or else-where. Nor are they to provide anything to a foreigner...like help. But if its Gomi Girl...then you can pump air in her tires. And if you get a call for help by a Japanese girl abducted by a gang of guys..you might want to check it out. If its on your way home or something....but do not wake any neighbors or anything. And please do not actually do anything if you reach the scene of a crime.....that would be....Western!

Again. I do apologize and I know now ( know now?) that we can not ask Japanese police to act like Western Police. To serve and to protect.

You are right. I am wrong.....

As you all have noticed....Shibuya Me (that's me...) am always very wrong when it comes to truth. ( And that's the Truth!)

Now, would you like to be a Japanese Police Officer in Japan? You can just do nothing...be nothing! And everyone will back you 100%.

Man....What kind of a site is this? The brain power seems to have gone down hill like the Japanese economy!

[jim katta]

What kind of a site is this?

SM,
Well, I know what kind of "thread" this is, it's a thread where the original poster makes sweeping accusations about a police force of a country (some that are in fact legitimate), but the original poster doesn't seem to understand why other posters would compare japan's police force to others in industrialized nations. SM, I like some of your other posts and you seem to have a nice personality, but I must say that I agree with most of the other posters here in their disagreement with you.

YES, japan's police force has problems, but there's no way you can fairly comment about such a thing and NOT allow others to compare it to other police forces around the world. I'm sure you have a point about that incident with the girl (was she your friend or something?), and yes the Yakuza are allowed far too much under japan's police, but I'm sorry, after having lived and traveled widely around the world, I just do not consider Japan's police to be "particularly" bad or deserving of some special distinction as poor officers. I also understand that you are talking about JAPAN and maybe wanted to stick to just that police force, but since few on this board are native japanese citizens, I think it's unrealistic for you to expect that we NOT approach the topic from a global experience point of view. Perhaps your passion would be better directed towards some japanese citizens who are only experienced with/concerned about japan.

Also, I want to repeat a question someone else asked (I think video link): Have YOU had a personal bad experience with japan's police? It seems as though you're looking for some support of the notion that japan police suck. But, as you are seeing, they obviously aren't among the worst because few experienced gaikokujins here seem to agree with your position. Like I said before, as police go, around the world, japan's cops are okay by me. I think the Yakuza problem is a GOVERNMENT problem first...the police can only address the Yakuza if they have the support of the government, and the government is pretty much in bed with the Yakuza. Hey, if you really think Japan police suck that bad, try living in Los Angeles and hold THEM to the high standards that you profess in Japan. I'll wait to read about you in the paper.

[GuyJean]

Have YOU had a personal bad experience with japan's police?

Ah!.. But, quite possibly, that is where you find the root of the problem]Japan groans under rising crime wave[/b]
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archive/200211/20/20021120p2a00m0dm021000c.html

For years Japanese police have enjoyed a reputation as one of the most efficient forces in the developed world, but the miserable 23.6 percent crime-solving rate has now put them behind their counterparts in France, Britain and Germany. Only 15.7 percent of theft cases reported in Japan in 2001 resulted in the offender's arrest.

That means there's a 76.4% chance that SM can continue his crime sprees and never be caught.. 5!, 5!, 5!..

GJ

[Steve Bildermann]

I think there are bad cops everywhere, but I don't believe inaction is part of their job description.. in any country. Or, at least, it shouldn't be..

Indeed but there is a universally accept police concept in Japan that I know most of you FG will agree exists. Patrol cops are regularly instructed along these lines

See two gaijin fighting - leave them alone.
See one Japanese fighting with one Gaijin - Break it up, possibly arrest gaijin.
See two Japanese fighting; Break it up and then lecture them in public for about one hour.

That's been the working rule since the Tokyo Olympics. It was liberally applied up in Roppongi during last year's World Cup.

[hanasims]

I wonder what foriegners in America think of the Police. The more I learn about Japan the more it becomes apparent to me what the problems are affecting the economy. You cannot have a double standard for foreigners in your country and expect to be an effective supplier of goods and services to them. I know everyone has heard this cliche before but in today's global economy diversity is the key to success. If you have different standards for different people you are not seeing the whole picture. Japan is looking through a narrow keyhole into the world that they see as being non-Japanese. Not going to work.

[cstaylor]

If you have different standards for different people you are not seeing the whole picture. Japan is looking through a narrow keyhole into the world that they see as being non-Japanese. Not going to work.

I think this was Jim's point: the Japanese police use the same techniques that American police are infamously known for: racial profiling. The difference is that in Japan, whites are grouped in with the other outsiders, where in the United States they aren't, so it's usually a shock for white people to be seen as troublemakers by Japanese police.

A friend of mine who is black and lives in Tokyo has the same impression of Japanese cops: they might discriminate against foreigners, but it's not nearly as bad as he was facing at home.

For me, I stay out of the way of the police in both countries, and my comments about the Yakuza are more for Japan and Japanese people's sake than my own, since the FG here are FG by choice, and can pick up and go home if things were to turn tragic.