Unknown Japanese Laws that can get you ARRESTED

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    Strange Japanese Laws and Weird Japanese laws that could get someone Arrested. Over the years I’ve come across some Japanese laws that aren’t completely obvious, especially to visitors so I thought I’d make this fun video and share it with all of you. In fact, these Japanese laws are stuff that many Japanese consider manners or common sense, but they’ve taken it one step further and made it official law just in case someone decides to go against the grain. Whether or not the Japanese authorities decide to arrest someone or prosecute though maybe a different story, but nonetheless these laws may be one of the reasons why things in Japan stay in order. Many of the items shared in the video fall under Japanese 軽犯罪法, Keihan zaihou or the minor crime law which is sometimes explained as "a law that stipulates the minimum level of morality that citizens should observe in their daily lives and it targets "bad acts" that are often seen in daily life. All minor crime law violators could face a fine between about $10 to $100 and or jail time of 1 to 30 days.
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:53 - 1. Cutting in Line to Buy Tickets
    1:45 - 2. Challenging / Accepting a Fight
    2:43 - 3. Giving the Wrong Direction to a Delivery Person
    3:19 - 4. Dumpster Diving
    4:54 - 5. Stopping a Wedding
    6:28 - 6. Ice Cream in the Mail Post Box
    7:19 - 7. Spitting on the Street
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  • @PaolofromTOKYO
    @PaolofromTOKYO  2 года назад +137

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    • @ropro9817
      @ropro9817 2 года назад

      Lol, now I know why some Japanese people are so anal. 🤣 It's ok, I'm Japanese too. 🤓🇯🇵

    • @jayrawal14197
      @jayrawal14197 2 года назад

      Can you make one video on day in a life of a Japanese graphic designer in Tokyo

    • @MeariBamu
      @MeariBamu 2 года назад

      could you make the subtitle to English not japnese that we can set a better translate better than current japanese

    • @josephinenicolette4267
      @josephinenicolette4267 2 года назад +1

      What is someone hits you and is beating you up can you protect yourself?

    • @rodyinjapan
      @rodyinjapan 2 года назад +1

      Your content is always 🔥 hello from Tokyo 😂

  • @amee4231
    @amee4231 2 года назад +1789

    Love that Paolo just can't help but flash that big smile even when talking about getting arrested 😅

    • @Ustaleone
      @Ustaleone 2 года назад +28

      yes, it seems almost sarcastic at this point.

    • @GGitzHank
      @GGitzHank 2 года назад +7

      Getting arrested is tight

    • @Beaut_Beau
      @Beaut_Beau 2 года назад +12

      @@Ustaleone Paolo's smile is in his nature, and - like the Monkey King - it is irrepressible!

    • @JustNashR
      @JustNashR 2 года назад

      I know right ! I was confused to be serious or not while watching the informative video 😅

    • @elexirghutz9540
      @elexirghutz9540 2 года назад

      Same thoughts

  • @mikotagayuna8494
    @mikotagayuna8494 2 года назад +712

    Priest/Pastor/Gov't: "Are there any objections to this wedding?"
    *crickets*
    Japan: *arrests crickets*

    • @marissat7150
      @marissat7150 2 года назад +7

      highlight this person's comment please hahahahah

    • @cringemaester
      @cringemaester 2 года назад +6

      crickets be like: arrest me but dont eat me

  • @galadrhim1
    @galadrhim1 2 года назад +61

    When I lived in Japan 25 years ago, I had little money. Some other foreigners I knew turned me on to the fact that fast food restaurants separate their leftovers and put them in special bags before placing them out on the curb for trash pickup. So yeah, we'd ride our bikes past, lean over, and pick up a bag on our way home right after the trash was put out at the end of the day. Common pickings were McDonalds (often still warm from the warming lamps and definitely individually wrapped), donuts, or KFC (also still warm). You'd have to time it right, and there are some places where the homeless use this food and will be upset with you if you take their source of food.
    There was never anything else in the bags and it was all clean and fresh. We never got sick from the food, unless you count eating too much of something - like donuts. After doing the donut thing 2-3 times, I stopped picking them up. You can only eat 30-50 donuts before they go stale a few times before you never want to see a donut again.
    KFC was the best because you could easily repurpose the chicken and other ingredients into other dishes. It's really a shame that other countries don't do the same in terms of separating the edible food into separate bags.
    While I'm on the subject of food hacks, we would also buy mimipan ("ear" bread) at the grocery store. You may have seen how perfect a loaf of bread is in Japan - how there aren't any ends in the bags. Surprisingly, the loaves were cut at the store, not in a factory, and the ends would be put into a bag. We would buy a giant bag of these ends (maybe a 15 gallon bag) for the cost of one loaf of bread. If you live alone, this would be more bread than you can eat before it goes bad, but I usually had 2-3 roommates and we would eat a ton of sandwiches.
    Anyone else use any food hacks in Japan like the above?

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz 2 года назад +602

    Imagine going to jail for a month because you cut in line

    • @GamerPlayerGamer
      @GamerPlayerGamer 2 года назад +168

      I actually really like that law, I hate when people cut in front of me, and that's why I don't do it. Others don't seem to have that decency and I hate them for it.

    • @kittehgo
      @kittehgo 2 года назад +60

      While you can't get arrested or fined for cutting in line in sweden, you will be sternly told to get to the back and there will be glares from the others in line. It is considered incredibly rude and a line cutter is near ostracised.

    • @FindecanorNotGmail
      @FindecanorNotGmail 2 года назад +13

      @@kittehgo I've seen the most inventive way of cutting in line in Sweden. It was really long and slow, and the person started five meters to the right of where she wanted to cut in. For each step forward the person stepped one step forward and to the left. Eventually, the person met the line... and people were just so confused by the behaviour that they let her in.

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart 2 года назад +9

      Well deserved.

    • @Flarkit
      @Flarkit 2 года назад +13

      That’s actually a really good law I hate it when people do that 😒like you have no right to do it!

  • @ruzainirosli273
    @ruzainirosli273 2 года назад +1469

    With that being said, I would like to see "A day in Japanese prison" then.

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 2 года назад +53

      I like this idea as well. I wonder for Japanese prisons are

    • @WizHamz
      @WizHamz 2 года назад +39

      or A day in the life of japanese filming a day in the life video

    • @beanray1383
      @beanray1383 2 года назад +7

      Prison life, prison life

    • @therafey4310
      @therafey4310 2 года назад +8

      Sound interesting. But in what side? prison guard or prisoner?

    • @darshakshah2754
      @darshakshah2754 2 года назад +1

      😄

  • @LemifromJapan
    @LemifromJapan 2 года назад +486

    As Japanese, I didn't know most of these laws existed! 😲 But most of us don't do such things if we live ordinally.:)
    But about the garbage, I knew it's can be a crime to throw garbage in a wrong place on purpose. Separating the garbage properly is very important in Japan🇯🇵😊

    • @ianbedloe3042
      @ianbedloe3042 2 года назад +6

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @None-do2qn
      @None-do2qn 2 года назад +27

      I challenge you to a fight

    • @wotvoid3616
      @wotvoid3616 2 года назад +9

      @@None-do2qn I accept

    • @None-do2qn
      @None-do2qn 2 года назад +1

      @@wotvoid3616 are you japanese? 🥴

    • @wotvoid3616
      @wotvoid3616 2 года назад +4

      @@None-do2qn my grandpa is Serizawa

  • @moogiemoogs
    @moogiemoogs 2 года назад +38

    Paolo: "These are surprising things in Japan that might get you arrested"
    **smiles**

  • @MiYakuT
    @MiYakuT 2 года назад +1

    I had no idea about these laws, thank you for the information!

  • @naokisato4431
    @naokisato4431 2 года назад +181

    Paolo: "Dont spit, pee, or poop on Japan. And there you go." The funniest line in the entire video. XD

    • @lordacedia6289
      @lordacedia6289 2 года назад +6

      well guess imma have to hold it the whole time im there then

    • @SkyHermit
      @SkyHermit 2 года назад +1

      I have seen many ojisan spit on the street (pre-covid)

    • @celerywarrior6493
      @celerywarrior6493 2 года назад

      How can you "force someone to urinate on the street"?

    • @naokisato4431
      @naokisato4431 2 года назад

      @@celerywarrior6493 Don't

    • @rifna5482
      @rifna5482 2 года назад

      Tourist: 👀

  • @MarvelGeekify
    @MarvelGeekify 2 года назад +329

    Paolo: "There shall be no dueling"
    Me, with my Yu-Gi-Oh decks: "Ok, fine. No dueling :("
    Most of these laws, I'm just thinking "Ok, good that it's a law... But, who would do that, that it had to be made into law in the first place?"

    • @xaviermaster1
      @xaviermaster1 2 года назад +38

      Yugi: it's time to du du du duelll
      Police: you are under arrest for dueling and also you have weird hair

    • @sorenman1
      @sorenman1 2 года назад +7

      Damn, I love challenging people to duels wagering our souls on a daily basis.

    • @antoniocoburn5265
      @antoniocoburn5265 2 года назад +3

      @@xaviermaster1 lol 😂

    • @himenaaa3565
      @himenaaa3565 2 года назад +7

      i think it back to the heinan or older goverments era, dueling in the street are common and its can be bad on many ways,
      like disturbing public operational dailies or even damaging property either it has own by city or private one,
      and the laws also very good indicating each people need respect each other even without saying anything, and more probably because no matter who is wrong or true, dueling in the street can provoking probably Yakuza in that area

    • @ralphsunico116
      @ralphsunico116 2 года назад +17

      SETO KAIBA: Screw the rules! I have money!
      JAPANESE POLICE OFFICER: Trying to bribe a police officer, eh? That's extra jail time for you!

  • @touvang9923
    @touvang9923 2 года назад +199

    Japan literally has a list of “don’t be an asshole” laws. And I love it!

    • @ninjathanch
      @ninjathanch 2 года назад +1

      Hahahahhaha

    • @dontfukwiththissenator7919
      @dontfukwiththissenator7919 2 года назад +5

      Weeb alert! Weeb Alert!

    • @the60skid48
      @the60skid48 2 года назад +2

      America NEEDS a ton of “Don’t be an Asshole Laws”. Maybe there would be less Assholes running about.

    • @mewmew1026
      @mewmew1026 Год назад

      It may be good but I hate living in Japan because it’s so strict

  • @rupachakraborty9736
    @rupachakraborty9736 2 года назад +2

    Paolo is doing a great work! He is helping people to know unknown laws of Japan, that can get anyone arrested!! I had not seen anyone like him in my lifetime. Bless you and your family a happy and long life!!!

  • @udon562
    @udon562 2 года назад +293

    I wish the US had that "interfering with a business of another person via prank" law. I'm tired of watching idiots disturb workers especially those in customer service for views on tiktok

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +13

      let's say US have those laws, would you really believe it would straighten american's manners? i doubt that. in a country where there are many highly opinionated people, spoiled, and dumb. even if you enforce it 10x stricter than japan. americans won't even come close to japanese manners.

    • @myujokt733
      @myujokt733 2 года назад +8

      @@chanchan024 If anything they'll rebel more fiercely than ever before because that's just how Americans are, They've been taught that freedom is more important than anything else in life.

    • @leoadian1229
      @leoadian1229 2 года назад +5

      @SA Maybe you don’t realize it, but your very perception of these minor offenses as “extreme” can say a lot about you to other people, like being spoiled and entitled

    • @DJVexillum
      @DJVexillum 2 года назад +2

      The US is already the most incarcerated country in the world, and you want to start throwing even MORE people in jail for this stuff too?

    • @version_dew
      @version_dew 2 года назад

      @@DJVexillum Sound like a good business for those private prisons.

  • @Jordan-inJapan
    @Jordan-inJapan 2 года назад +177

    About law 2. I have an American friend here who was threatened by some mafia types (they also psychically blocked his path), and being a tough guy himself, he punched one one them in the face. Took him down apparently. Self defense? Nope, he went to prison - for A YEAR.
    Now… nothing like that has ever happened to me in my 20 years here. But if you’re in Japan and something like that DOES happen to you, play it safe and keep a cool head.

    • @Andrew-nb6pe
      @Andrew-nb6pe 2 года назад +23

      Should've got a better lawyer haha

    • @anonymousmc7727
      @anonymousmc7727 2 года назад +17

      They called the cops sounds like some bitchs;)

    • @Jordan-inJapan
      @Jordan-inJapan 2 года назад +2

      @@anonymousmc7727 😂

    • @musaddiqueh6248
      @musaddiqueh6248 2 года назад +45

      I don't know hoe Japanese Self Defense Laws work, but even by say American self defense, based on the information you provided, there wasn't enough of an apparent threat to warrant punching him in the face.

    • @Jordan-inJapan
      @Jordan-inJapan 2 года назад +11

      @@musaddiqueh6248 actually, I agree. But a YEAR in jail?

  • @jillianmaejuson1022
    @jillianmaejuson1022 2 года назад +1

    Loving the intro!!! Great montage of Japan, Paolo!

  • @smegskull
    @smegskull 2 года назад +5

    Imagine getting into a fight with your GF so she throws out your consoles. Then when you go get them back out the trash she records it and has you jailed for 6 years for dumpster diving.

  • @haitolawrence5986
    @haitolawrence5986 2 года назад +150

    I've seen older homeless Japanese men collecting aluminum cans from curbside to get enough money to buy a lunch and a small bottle of sake. Is there an exemption for that in the penal code? It seems pretty common. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @mz5388
      @mz5388 2 года назад +57

      I hope so, it really just sounds like a law against poor people

    • @haitolawrence5986
      @haitolawrence5986 2 года назад +65

      @@mz5388 In the documentary I watched the locals actually bagged the cans and left them out for these men as an act of charity. I suppose that would be one way around the bylaw as it's not considered stealing. 🤔

    • @nawab256
      @nawab256 2 года назад +28

      To be fair, Jail would be probably a nicer home then being homeless. Two to three meals a day and a roof over your head and some kind of bed

    • @voidmidnightdragon9537
      @voidmidnightdragon9537 2 года назад +32

      @@haitolawrence5986 if the trash is not like bag or have a note next to it to say that it not trash or it something in a box that is label with the trash in it, it will not be counted as a crime but if the trash is in say the trash can than is again the law. That what I remember from I live in Japan.

    • @haitolawrence5986
      @haitolawrence5986 2 года назад +6

      @@voidmidnightdragon9537 Thanks for the info.

  • @Obozo_Gaming
    @Obozo_Gaming 2 года назад +164

    God, so many "prank" Youtbers would go to jail in Japan.

    • @PREPFORIT
      @PREPFORIT 2 года назад +34

      That would be awesome.

    • @alan.92
      @alan.92 2 года назад +22

      and ignorant Americans too.

    • @alexilaiho321
      @alexilaiho321 2 года назад +5

      Logan paul didnt

    • @hoangdung7494
      @hoangdung7494 2 года назад +8

      @@alexilaiho321 Possibly he uploaded the video after getting out of japan
      he would be arrested if he go to japan again - said the japan police

    • @ahaha8
      @ahaha8 2 года назад +3

      @@hoangdung7494 then lock him in a suitcase and send him to tokyo police station 😜

  • @seeksustainablejapan
    @seeksustainablejapan 2 года назад

    Really interesting & good to remind new residents and visitors - thanks 👍

  • @shandichau4376
    @shandichau4376 2 года назад

    Very interesting topic, thank you Paolo

  • @PRT95
    @PRT95 2 года назад +89

    Cutting in line: Thank God they understand us Brits!

    • @whocares397
      @whocares397 2 года назад +8

      we need that law in the usa lol
      our jails would be even more over crowded

    • @benwalter4842
      @benwalter4842 2 года назад

      And the law about disrupting a special occasion (rip wedding crashers). As well as the law for dumpster diving. Cutting in line definitely should be illegal. I wish that the fight laws, property damage laws, and (especially) littering laws would be more illegal. (This in terms of there being stricter punishments for those who break any of these laws that I mentioned.) I know this means less pranks (especially cruel ones) or penalties, but it would honestly be better for society. (Ice cream in the mailbox is like gum on the underside of a desk. Both of which should be illegal.) Spitting, peeing, and pooping (except in public washrooms) in public should all ready be a severe crime. Would help solve the homeless crisis as they would all be in special jails.

    • @jfluter
      @jfluter 2 года назад

      @@benwalter4842 What I don't understand is that theft can get a person 10 years in prison, while a "home invasion" can get a person only 3 years.

    • @mikefowler301
      @mikefowler301 2 года назад

      @@jfluter I'll explain: Don't mess with the BUSINESS. Kinda like Merica in that sense.

  • @buddyatiny
    @buddyatiny 2 года назад +4

    Ohhh that was so interesting, thank you for your amazing work👏❤

  • @SaturoAnni
    @SaturoAnni 2 года назад

    this was really interesting thank you so much for the video :D

  • @janethraymundo8384
    @janethraymundo8384 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing this it's really helpful to us here in Japan as a trainee

  • @fionanoyce1676
    @fionanoyce1676 2 года назад +6

    Thank you this was very informative some of those things I didn't know

  • @rodyinjapan
    @rodyinjapan 2 года назад +33

    This man paolo always putting 🔥 content one after another. Never misses!

  • @mayanderes9084
    @mayanderes9084 2 года назад +8

    “So I guess in Japan another mans trash can get you arrested.” 🤣🤣 made me laugh

  • @miriamorque753
    @miriamorque753 2 года назад

    good to know! thank you for sharing this. 🌼

  • @teruphoto
    @teruphoto 2 года назад +18

    That last law: getting drunk is a pretty big work culture thing and I've seen many office workers peeing in the street late at night.

    • @tykep1009
      @tykep1009 2 года назад +7

      Yeah, drunks are peeing and puking all over the place around the downtown area.😅 They're rarely caught, but residents may report them if they're habitual offenders in residential areas.

    • @dennischapman8683
      @dennischapman8683 2 года назад +4

      Nothin better then pissing in the wind

  • @manueloja4
    @manueloja4 2 года назад +5

    Like always great videos 👏🏼✨😇 I always rewatch the Japanese ryokan video nice videos

  • @GrantMFletcher
    @GrantMFletcher 2 года назад

    Fascinating video. Would LOVE more trivia.

  • @angelamapa2529
    @angelamapa2529 2 года назад +6

    I accidentally cut in line at a convenience store. I saw only one customer standing in front of the cash register. So I lined up behind her. It turns out the other people in line were standing about 2 meters away. But when someone pointed out the line to me, I lined up. Good thing I was clearly a tourist but my Japanese friend who'd been away for a few years did the same when she visited Tokyo and she was super embarassed.

  • @Kimagure_KJ
    @Kimagure_KJ 2 года назад +184

    Japan is one of the safest nations in the world.😌👏
    We value not only the law but also the order... \Thanks/

    • @jadenquest9544
      @jadenquest9544 2 года назад +2

      You are everywhere. Awesome

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +15

      @Ronin00 that's why you should stay away from japan. you don't deserve anything great from japan. it's a place not for the likes of you.

    • @BrandonLM777
      @BrandonLM777 2 года назад +28

      Right with a 99.7% conviction rate, that's corrupt as hell.

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +13

      @Ronin00 defend from who? Japan isn’t a wild place. Where you from? Jungle infested by mental freaks? Lol. Calm your paranoid pea size brain.

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +11

      @Ronin00 lol, have you ever experience living in japan? If anything, you’re the ignorant one. You talk about defending yourself in a country considered by vast majority as one of if not the safest country in the world. This isn’t the same as where you came from little girl. You are paranoid as sh*t. 😂

  • @asamiyoshino3934
    @asamiyoshino3934 2 года назад +11

    I didn't know some of these laws although I live in Japan for 30 years😅

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +4

      10years, and now i know. wwww

  • @missVmilne
    @missVmilne 2 года назад

    The topics you could cover in this"unknown about Japan" genre are extensive, so quite the gold mine to be explited. G for it Paolo if you have the energy. Hello from London : - )

  • @eggballo4490
    @eggballo4490 2 года назад +12

    What if someone is trying to stop a fight? Would they get arrested for restraining the attacker?

    • @finalascent
      @finalascent 8 месяцев назад +2

      I'm more concerned about the "witnessing" aspect. What is the actual definition here? A sudden street fight could be pretty interesting to watch, but I guess the safest option to avoid legal trouble is to leg it out of there, quickly, to avoid being accused of "witnessing"

  • @Jordan-inJapan
    @Jordan-inJapan 2 года назад +37

    One more law to add: no home-brewing. It is illegal to make any alcohol over 1% without a license in Japan. So… that fermenter / brew kit you were going to have shipped in from overseas to pursue you hobby here? Do so at your own risk. 🏴‍☠️ 🍻

    • @tykep1009
      @tykep1009 2 года назад +2

      In fact, many farmers in the countryside secretly brew illegal liquors (like ciders). They don't have a problem with it as long as it's not for commercial purposes and they're consuming it for themselves.

    • @Jordan-inJapan
      @Jordan-inJapan 2 года назад

      @@tykep1009 True. But you have to keep it pretty small scale. No 100L brew systems or anything that will set off flags when you order.
      I…er, someone I know… uses those cheap ‘umeshu’ jars for brewing. (It works well enough but he’d really like to scale up so is a bit frustrated by the current laws.) 🍻

  • @Soulvws
    @Soulvws 2 года назад +10

    when is japan opening back up? I definitely have to cross this one off my bucket list. amazing video as per usual @paolo.

    • @lioness77alfar
      @lioness77alfar 2 года назад +1

      Me too because I know if someone hits me I'm not allowed to defend myself ...

    • @ramel684
      @ramel684 2 года назад +1

      The JP gov hasn't given any indication yet, not very likely to happen this year.

  • @bad_writer
    @bad_writer 2 года назад +4

    Hey Paolo, just curious: do you film all of that footage of Japanese city life, or do you use stock footage sites? If the latter, which ones, if you dont mind me asking?
    Love the content by the way!

  • @MissVal2507
    @MissVal2507 2 года назад

    This was so interesting!!

  • @lylacardoso2535
    @lylacardoso2535 2 года назад +258

    Spitting on streets should be a crime everywhere😁
    It's absolutely disgusting seeing someone doing it 🤮😒

    • @dennischapman8683
      @dennischapman8683 2 года назад +21

      Go to China, you’ll see that every 2 seconds

    • @soc7052
      @soc7052 2 года назад +3

      @@dennischapman8683 I've always wonder why the streets are so sticky.

    • @PREPFORIT
      @PREPFORIT 2 года назад +8

      Agreed only low-class trash ever spit !

    • @rovidelarosa
      @rovidelarosa 2 года назад +1

      @@dennischapman8683 Yes, they even poop in public. Have you seen a grown ass woman pooping on a subway train?

    • @MitchellBPYao
      @MitchellBPYao 2 года назад +1

      Yes don't even mention it. Those people even walk while text

  • @awesomeadamfrom2099
    @awesomeadamfrom2099 2 года назад +6

    Awesome job bro

  • @ToniusPlays
    @ToniusPlays 3 дня назад

    Thank you very much for the very useful information.

  • @wanderer897
    @wanderer897 2 года назад

    damn, this video is enlightening. thanks paolo

  • @nhprman
    @nhprman 2 года назад +53

    That last law about peeing or pooping on the ground is needed in San Francisco!

    • @Carrack090
      @Carrack090 2 года назад +3

      It already is a law. "Public urination/defacation" is already against the law.

    • @PotatoMan1491
      @PotatoMan1491 2 года назад

      If US is to enforce that thousands of folks will be in jail and people are too weak to handle that

    • @phabiorules
      @phabiorules 2 года назад +2

      @MITLOML SF needs to enforce a lot more of its laws. Car break ins are so common that people have started leaving their doors unlocked and trunks open to say "I don't have anything in here. Please don't damage my car."

  • @benlg9125
    @benlg9125 2 года назад +175

    This explains a lot, why Japanese people are so orderly and live in such a safe and clean society

    • @MitchellBPYao
      @MitchellBPYao 2 года назад

      2nd one will be better either because my girlfriend is from there or because I look like one

    • @dontfukwiththissenator7919
      @dontfukwiththissenator7919 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, it's almost easy to forget they performed vivisections on live humans back in WW2.
      Take off the rose-tinted glasses, you cringe weeb.

    • @uranus4511
      @uranus4511 2 года назад

      規則ではなく日本人が昔から持つ道徳心。
      イザベラバードの世界冒険記を読んで下さい。

  • @bryanwinchell2485
    @bryanwinchell2485 11 месяцев назад

    Nice video, Paolo! Just found your channel. Been living in Japan since 2004 and am soon likely to face a suspended sentence for a crime that, well, I don't think should be a crime, but it means I really will have to watch my Ps and Qs so this video was helpful for me to find things I shouldn't do. Fortunately, none of these are things I do or have done, well, maybe I've spit a few times but always in remote places, so I'm not too worried!

  • @julianwalshaw9398
    @julianwalshaw9398 2 года назад +29

    No jumping queues, I’m from the U.K. so we take our queues really seriously, good work Japan and keep up the great work Paolo

    • @goodputin4324
      @goodputin4324 2 года назад +1

      Yet you English boo and jeer other countries national anthems before the Euro Games

  • @srbh41413
    @srbh41413 2 года назад +7

    As a follow-up, would like to hear more actual cases of these being applied. And don’t forget about the pocket knife prohibition!

  • @dababy681
    @dababy681 2 года назад +82

    Love learning more about japan cant wait to go there!!

    • @onizerg4652
      @onizerg4652 2 года назад +6

      Thanks to covid my bday trip got canceled. Soon as everything settles down more will be going.

    • @Soulvws
      @Soulvws 2 года назад

      @@onizerg4652 I hope its soon and you get to go! make sure and full-joy your experience

    • @bornana269
      @bornana269 2 года назад

      @@onizerg4652 i feel you i was supposed to go there on my bday as well! We will get our trip eventually!

    • @therealzahyra
      @therealzahyra 2 года назад +1

      If you're a woman, be careful though

  • @MrAlexanderkhu
    @MrAlexanderkhu 2 года назад +45

    This is great to know for us visitors. Personally, theses are all reasonable laws and it clearly favors public health and safety. I wish US adopts some of these laws and save $ and maintain sanitary conditions. Thanks for sharing this video.

    • @SalmanKhan-ze3zh
      @SalmanKhan-ze3zh Год назад

      America is a free country. If you wanna be sus, you can go to Japan

  • @IshikawaLuv
    @IshikawaLuv 2 года назад

    Wow very interesting thank you for this ☺️

  • @briantn2317
    @briantn2317 2 года назад +15

    When he mentioned ice cream in the mailbox, I had to pause the video, trying to figure out why someone would even do that.

    • @Simkets
      @Simkets 2 года назад +4

      To be a typical hooligan, thug, or how you want to call them, and to destroy someone else's property. (In this case a mail and a mail box). I mean, why people destroy trash cans? Why people destroy public toilets? Why? There is no answer, these people are malicious and they just feel like they're really cool.

    • @TheCyberMantis
      @TheCyberMantis 2 года назад +6

      @@Simkets Scummy people have no respect for themselves, or others. So they do this kinda stuff. USA is full of people like this.

  • @greenchilli6660
    @greenchilli6660 2 года назад +3

    This was really interesting, i love these unknown facts videos ;)

  • @foodleveling
    @foodleveling 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing Paolo san.
    Glad to know basic law so when we travel to Japan we com comply with it I Food leveling

  • @alectramell39
    @alectramell39 Год назад

    Your stuff great! I am definitely going to start watching as a regular way of means :D Domo arigato gozaimasu

  • @wahaha6961
    @wahaha6961 2 года назад +6

    Interesting, and scary!
    There have been some occasions recently where people wanted to get morality into the Swedish law book (for common courtesy, and moral responsibility toward others). These propositions where all turned down with the motivation that "morality has nothing to do with law" - a bit different.

    • @jwenting
      @jwenting Год назад

      yet the laws on the book are largely based on what was considered moral at the time they were written.

  • @francisyuweh706
    @francisyuweh706 2 года назад +9

    Definitely helpful, and hope to see those laws be implemented here, so we don't deal with little nasty or inappropriate behaviors

    • @ReStellar
      @ReStellar 2 года назад +3

      Once government start dictating morality out of petty laws you will end up with a dystopia. Becareful what you wish for!?
      God (Jesus) Bless!

  • @mayclark3659
    @mayclark3659 2 года назад

    great video thanks a lot!!! for doing this! (ps: min 2:05, a blue period upcoming anime ad was there, and I had a fangirl attack....)

  • @clarencebarretto1978
    @clarencebarretto1978 2 года назад

    Interesting and Informative facts. 😀👍

  • @jerrymei2511
    @jerrymei2511 2 года назад +10

    Lol Paolo teaches me so much.
    Keep it going! Your helping a lot of people as well as entertaining!

  • @MrHitotsumusha
    @MrHitotsumusha 2 года назад +7

    When I was living in Kanagawa, I was holding a bunch of plastic bottles. Went outside to throw all of them away and a police officer watched me for a second to make sure that I wasn't taking out trash. He walked away when he saw me carrying a whole bunch and throwing them away in the netted bag. I didn't know it was a law until I realized the reason why he was watching me for a second. Interesting.

  • @papagodzilla5465
    @papagodzilla5465 2 года назад +2

    Quite interesting. here in quebec, many people are trash scavengers, trying to find metals and old things to re-sell or disassemble. its a common practice to simply leave things on the side that can be interesting for them, so they dont have to open garbage bins.
    But you know what, i think are these japanese laws are awesome and really would help here.

  • @necobytez
    @necobytez 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Paolo, I just arrived in Japan 3weeks ago and went to Tokyo yesterday, it was good that I watched your video to avoid getting arrested. Maraming salamat bro

  • @probablynotreal
    @probablynotreal 2 года назад +8

    Does the "no cutting in line" law exclude elderly individuals? I was cut in line everywhere I went in Japan (8-9 times in 2 weeks) by the elderly but assumed it's just a cultural courtesy. I honestly didn't mind, and was actually happy to let them do it, but it feels weird seeing there's a law against it. Honestly happened more times in my 2 weeks in Japan than I've seen in my 20yrs of traveling.

    • @julesverneinoz
      @julesverneinoz 2 года назад

      I was also thinking, "That law must be recent" because when I was there I've seen locals cut in line boarding shinkansen, not all the time mind you but I've seen it on occasion. They get frowned on by the people queuing on the side, but they don't seem to care.

  • @jeffjefferson7384
    @jeffjefferson7384 2 года назад +63

    Weed is super illegal, basically considered a Class A drug. Weird, considering its usage in old Shinto customs.

    • @Sir1ri
      @Sir1ri 2 года назад +16

      The reason it's the same in every other country , its to sell tobaco and medicines.

    • @incomments2864
      @incomments2864 2 года назад +9

      Weed is also addictive. Growing up with people who actually have legit addiction to it. The fact that there are people saying that it’s not is sooo misleading. Weed can be use as a good medicine but overall people like to abuse it thus becoming an addiction. Which is why is illegal in most places.

    • @soc7052
      @soc7052 2 года назад +5

      I thought that weed IS good for you and tobacco is not because it will kill you. That is why weed is legal in the US.

    • @BigBenlolz
      @BigBenlolz 2 года назад +21

      @@incomments2864 Same way alcohol, tobaco, sugar or caffeine is addictive yet no one cares

    • @Opalivian
      @Opalivian 2 года назад +13

      @@incomments2864 No its not. A lot of people around me all use it constantly. Used to years ago in college. Just don't like it. It's like drinking. It's only addicting to susceptible people who can get addicted to anything. Weed is not the cause. Its the person.

  • @FoxAlive1000
    @FoxAlive1000 2 года назад

    Hey Paolo, Love your videos and i want to know about the no duel law. Is it still considering to be illegal if two people challenge each other in boxing gym or something like that. ❤❤❤❤

  • @wendylau5570
    @wendylau5570 2 года назад

    THANKS FOR SHARING.

  • @akioshishime6621
    @akioshishime6621 2 года назад +4

    Mr. Paolo's explanation can be misleading to foreigners who are not familiar with Japan. Japanese people do not cut into the line not because it is against the law, but because of the general norms of society that do not bother others. Most Japanese do not even know that forcible cutting into the line is subject to punishment under the Minor Crimes Act . And I have lived for 80 years in Japan without hearing the news that someone was arrested with the charge of the violation of the Minor Crimes Act. If such a case occurs, it will be big news.

  • @papipupepo9321
    @papipupepo9321 2 года назад +4

    I love all of your footage Paolo (and Maiko ?) So well put together! You don’t use stock footage, and it’s exciting to see the current scene of Tokyo/weather/fashion etc.
    I’m definitely keen to see more videos like this one!

  • @marianavarro3111
    @marianavarro3111 2 года назад

    Great information 😻👍 what happens if you flip someone off or you use loud language ?🤔😳😳

  • @GaryForgingOn
    @GaryForgingOn 2 года назад

    Thank you for the information. I hope to travel to Japan in a couple years if the borders open up. I was born in Tokyo but left when I was 2 and have never been back. I want to visit and see as much as I can.

  • @luvdaturtles
    @luvdaturtles 2 года назад +3

    The first rule of fight club is “you don’t talk about fight club.”
    Guess they actually follow the rules and keep it quiet.

  • @Opalivian
    @Opalivian 2 года назад +254

    The minor law crime would be so nice in the US. Especially for Karens

    • @rodyinjapan
      @rodyinjapan 2 года назад +6

      Lol 😂

    • @jowyboi
      @jowyboi 2 года назад +5

      True

    • @tjbjjtkd
      @tjbjjtkd 2 года назад +8

      Man tell me about it! Had a Karen go off on me while I was minding my business. It was mistaken identity. She thought I was someone else that didn't put a shopping cart back into the corral at the grocery store.

    • @sajisama24
      @sajisama24 2 года назад +15

      Are you sure you want to put such power in the hands of US police? The US police is already incredibly abusive, even tho US laws are pretty liberal. I think cutting in line is rude, but getting arrested is a bit much.

    • @codys1366
      @codys1366 2 года назад +3

      Not gonna work because of people taking advantage of law about freedom and rights. They're gonna say it violates them as a human like you see nowadays.

  • @kalindimitrov6937
    @kalindimitrov6937 2 года назад

    Nice video, Pablo!

  • @shanecrowe1309
    @shanecrowe1309 2 года назад +1

    I was really surprised by the list of commonly prescribed medications in NA that are illegal / banned in Japan. My mother had to cancel her trip because we didn’t know until after we booked everything that 2 of her prescribed meds were illegal to bring in. :(

  • @HighClassFades
    @HighClassFades 2 года назад +9

    Love your Videos!!!!
    Day in a life of a Japanese Barber Next?
    🦁👍

    • @rodyinjapan
      @rodyinjapan 2 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same 😂 or maybe day in a life of Japanese PORNNstar!

    • @therafey4310
      @therafey4310 2 года назад

      @@rodyinjapan there risk of sponsorship loss if paolo doing DiTL of JAV stars..

  • @asmeromabel
    @asmeromabel 2 года назад +5

    No wonder alot of anime has duels because they fantasize about it since it's illegal.

  • @bluewillow8070
    @bluewillow8070 2 года назад +1

    Although I was born and live in Japan, I didn't know some of the laws. Sooo interesting!

  • @bambu8
    @bambu8 2 года назад

    The smile while saying “that could get you arrested” sinister 🤣😂🤣 komusta brad!

  • @eeeins
    @eeeins 2 года назад +126

    so basically: act like a normal human being and survive

    • @Red-tn3wm
      @Red-tn3wm 2 года назад +7

      Or make a mistake and get punished. What a shithole.

    • @dachshunddoggo2764
      @dachshunddoggo2764 2 года назад +9

      @@Red-tn3wm omg is it a shithole because you have to use rational thought? damn i see where you're coming from

    • @Red-tn3wm
      @Red-tn3wm 2 года назад +10

      @@dachshunddoggo2764 You call that rational thought? I call it a lie. When you have people merely going through the actions because they know that they will be punished otherwise, instead out of their own courtesy. Get off these mainstream Japanese youtube channels and actually look up how Japan has been conditioned to treat those that step out of their "norm". You demented weebs so full of delusion that you think that Japan can do no wrong. Disgusting as fuck.

    • @Fairplayyyy
      @Fairplayyyy 2 года назад +4

      @@dachshunddoggo2764 what's the point in punishing someone who was helping to collect garbage? Is this rational thought, for you?

    • @dachshunddoggo2764
      @dachshunddoggo2764 2 года назад

      @@Fairplayyyy The trash was already sorted and in the process of being collected so there's no need for interference

  • @isamuk855
    @isamuk855 2 года назад +5

    A lot of Japanese laws are absolutely outdated. 外では通用しないことが、内では堂々とまかり通る。

  • @emmatwyman1497
    @emmatwyman1497 2 года назад

    I can't concentrate on this, i just keep looking at your tuffy hair, love it

  • @reginateo6315
    @reginateo6315 2 года назад

    In my country, we queue for buying , paying and collecting. Usually our people observe the rules well too. In cases when some people try to cut the line, we usually tell them where the end of the queue. So when I was in Japan, it pose no problem to queue up.

  • @bentrally
    @bentrally 2 года назад +5

    Laws like this is why I sometimes with I grew up in Japan

  • @thomasji7614
    @thomasji7614 2 года назад +29

    One time during a trip to Japan, I was stopped by few cops in Akihabara train station when I was looking at the English map of the area. I spoke little Japanese and told them that I'm an American and if I was in any trouble and they let me go without much problem but then I immediately saw they went after another person and he wasn't so lucky, so I sometimes wonder what would happen if I didn't speak any Japanese at the time. Always carry your passport is the lesson I learned haha.
    Thanks for the insightful video~

    • @pranavc.d9268
      @pranavc.d9268 2 года назад

      Wow thanks for sharing :)

    • @mountainguyed67
      @mountainguyed67 2 года назад +2

      Someone got in trouble for looking at a map? What’s wrong with that?

    • @mewmew1026
      @mewmew1026 Год назад

      I don’t get the comment

  • @liwaywaydizon9946
    @liwaywaydizon9946 2 года назад

    Hi! Been watching your blogs every now and then, if I May, ask if somehow you have heard anything from the news on when they are going to open for foreign trainee workers from the Philippines?

  • @shirakorimio1363
    @shirakorimio1363 2 года назад +1

    Question about the law regarding challenging and fighting: What if you're stepping in to stop a fight or you step in to stop someone who is assaulting another, especially one who cannot defend themselves or who is unable to escape?

    • @William1w1
      @William1w1 2 года назад

      The law seemed to cover cases where two parties are consenting to a fight. I'm sure if you just saw someone being assaulted and you stepped in to help him or her, you would be protected under some sort of good Samaritan law. The law in the video wouldn't even cover the case where two people randomly got into a fight in the heat of an argument. That would still be illegal, I'm sure, but the stated law seems to be addressing the pre-meditation aspect of duels. As for the by-stander law, I think that probably just covers people who stand there watching a fight in the way people watch MMA or something. If you're actively getting away, cowering in fear, contacting the authorities, or trying to de-escalate the situation, it wouldn't apply to you.
      Source -> My interpretation of the video and my assumption that Japanese authorities aren't stupid. I could be wrong about something here.

    • @mnArqal93
      @mnArqal93 2 года назад

      Could be wrong, but from what I understand, you cannot just say punch the attacker to stop them as I imagine you're "challenging". You should only focus on getting the other person to safety. You are only allowed to defend yourself if you cannot run away. So self-defence isn't something you can just do if someone threatens/hits you and you are able get away, you should just run, so I imagine the law work similar to helping someone else. As William said, the authorities aren't stupid, if you're trying to stay within the law and things escalate, you "should" be fine.

  • @julesverneinoz
    @julesverneinoz 2 года назад +15

    "Lying to a delivery person when asked for direction"
    Me: "Note to self, record your conversation when giving direction to a delivery person, or just don't bother because the trouble you may end up in isn't worth being a good samaritan."
    First, personally I think if you're charged with the above, it's hard to prove that you didn't. I wonder where the revenue generated from the fine would end up in. This law can work in Japan because presumably delivery people are honest human beings who would not get you in trouble over a grudge or having a bad day.
    Second, not that any delivery person ever asked me for direction since finding addresses here aren't as difficult as it is in Tokyo and I get my neighbours' mails all the time, but there's been cases in the past where I gave direction to people not knowing until afterwards that they've changed the route of a public transport. I learnt from that and always checked first now.

    • @mmazvis
      @mmazvis 2 года назад

      I does seem like a better option to just say "sorry, i dont know where that place is". Just in case you are mixing up the locations. Personally, never experienced any delivery guys asking for directions, but I had given direction to few drivers. And mainly it was me taking my phone, opening google maps, and asking them for the address or area name where they are headed.

  • @ZiKoN22
    @ZiKoN22 2 года назад +6

    We seriously need that no ice cream in the mailbox law in here Canada. Just this week someone put dog shit in one of my mail collection boxes. I was really annoyed.

    • @happycook6737
      @happycook6737 2 года назад +1

      Oh that is so terrible! I'm sorry. What is this world coming to?

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 2 года назад +1

      In Singapore meanwhile most of us live in apartments so our mail collection boxes are housed together in big cupboards at the foot of the apartment building. The thin narrow slot at the front of the boxes can be locked shut by you (to block advertisers from sending you flyers by themselves (instead of mailing it through our postal services), while also blocking pranksters from dumping ice-cream, excrement etc. into your box). The postmen meanwhile delivers your mail to your mail collection boxes by opening a bigger door at the back of the cupboard using his/her key, which then gives them access to all boxes at once

  • @tienpham6932
    @tienpham6932 2 года назад +2

    I really love Japan day in the life series, hope you can make mores videos. thank you so much :)))

  • @tamiyafrog3220
    @tamiyafrog3220 2 года назад

    Interesting video👍

  • @ahandywomanandherdog
    @ahandywomanandherdog 2 года назад +93

    Didnt know these laws existed but makes sense. God I miss living in Japan haha I’m sick of the entitled selfish people i deal with on the daily! Haha

    • @pratikgiri878
      @pratikgiri878 2 года назад +7

      Where do you stay ? and why don't you move to Japan ?

    • @lioness77alfar
      @lioness77alfar 2 года назад +9

      At least in my country if someone hits you, you have the right to defend yourself ..

    • @NozomuYume
      @NozomuYume 2 года назад +1

      @Ronin00 There's a difference between willingly accepting a fight and self-defense. Self-defense is still acceptable in Japan, but you have to prove that you didn't have another reasonable option.

    • @NozomuYume
      @NozomuYume 2 года назад

      @Ronin00 No, the difference is can you get away and inform a police officer, or do you have to fight back to prevent yourself from being badly hurt or killed.
      i.e. if they say "fight me!" and punch you, can you say "no, I refuse to fight you" and walk/run away? If retreating is an option and you keep fighting, then it is not self-defense.
      On the other hand if they have you backed into a dead-end alley and keep hitting you, blocking all exits, and the only way to escape is fighting back, then it is self-defense.
      i.e. Japan does not have "stand your ground".

  • @RimuruTempest-px3tv
    @RimuruTempest-px3tv 2 года назад +4

    "No one on one fights" but that is not what Tokyo revengers told me

  • @kencrutchannel7669
    @kencrutchannel7669 2 года назад

    thanks for sharing vedio friend about Japan.from hongkong watching

  • @Uriah625
    @Uriah625 Год назад +2

    #4). We had a lady here in town about 3 years ago die while dumpster diving. She liked to check business dumpsters. While sifting through one, she got stuck upside down and suffocated.

  • @travelingblues1596
    @travelingblues1596 2 года назад +7

    Wow! They need to have some of these laws stateside!❤

    • @oceanlover1663
      @oceanlover1663 2 года назад +2

      Oh I agree. I been over overseas multiple time and good thing I had someone from the country to make me behave. Its not that I am a law breaker, its just the fact that some laws are taken pretty seriously. Jaywalking for one. Nice to see country that are safer for women to walk after dark. Hong Kong is pretty good. Theres some questionable area but still alot better than the States.

    • @CollideWithTheSlope
      @CollideWithTheSlope 2 года назад +2

      @@oceanlover1663 Yeah and Singapore is super orderly with their rules/laws too

  • @frankmolina6910
    @frankmolina6910 2 года назад +28

    Love Japan...🙏🙏💪
    New York City is totally the opposite..🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @MidorisArtPage
      @MidorisArtPage 2 года назад +2

      You might think thats funny but that's why many people love NYC including the Japanese i talk to who visit... besides we wouldn't have the ninja turtles movies and tv shows the way there are if it wasn't for NYC style and environment

    • @onizerg4652
      @onizerg4652 2 года назад

      Lol not Tokyo

    • @chanchan024
      @chanchan024 2 года назад +5

      @@MidorisArtPage wow you sound so proud. would love to see you stay far and away from japan. seems like you're the type who would litter and jaywalk. not sure.

    • @keikof9188
      @keikof9188 2 года назад +3

      Same with SF... especially the law about not pooping on the street!

    • @frankmolina6910
      @frankmolina6910 2 года назад

      @@MidorisArtPage
      They love to visit till they step on a pile of Crap...

  • @umachan9286
    @umachan9286 Год назад

    About the garbage thing? It depends where you or maybe it just wasn't enforced but in the apartment complex we lived in there was a gomi pile where any large items could be thrown out. I saw people getting stuff from there and loading it up into trucks. We even got a decent computer desk from there that was perfectly fine. Just a little cleaner to wash it off and tighten a few screws and it was perfect.