Joey's Amazing Comeback at a Japanese Policeman

[@elodiepollock7326]

"Nihongo daijobu?" "Yeah I'm fuckin daijobu" That killed me omg hahaha

[@gree9963]

Chinese old lady beat up in the middle of street of network in daylight. No one cared. Singaporean student in London bashed after responding to racist coronavirus taunts. no one helped. Lokk jApaN IS XenOphOBIa

[@ManectricReturns]

@@gree9963 Are you for real? There's a difference between xenophobia and hate crimes

[@gree9963]

​@@ManectricReturns which is WORSE?

[@TheNakedFishy]

@@gree9963 they couldnt be more clearly saying that their story wasnt that bad but it was still annoying. Things being worse in other parts of the world doesnt obsolve you of a lesser extreme of said injustice

[@donovanlocust1106]

@@gree9963 I'll give you three guesses

[@user-lb6xi3nf3o]

On this Special Episode of Trash Taste, we’ll be testing the Japanese police force by seeing how quickly we can be racially profiled.

[@yinjinggoblock2635]

Trash taste special when

[@hemelenou1935]

Can't wait Chris to have his first experience. XD

[@theramendutchman]

This sounds like something Jake Paul would do And he'd provoke it, too

[@simonschnedl]

@@theramendutchman I'm pretty sure he's at least on a watch list in Japan.

[@iamthinking2252_]

@@theramendutchman I heard that in Jeremy Clarkson’s voice

[@utterlybrilliant]

I was stopped by two policemen in Sangenjaya in Tokyo a few years back. Let's just say I look closer to Joey and Garnt in appearance. I was minding my own business looking at a store front of a record store which was closed. As I had travelled there and it was closed, I was quite disappointed so I stood in front of the store looking at my phone on where to go next. Next thing I know two policemen walk up to me and ask me for ID. I had my passport with me (note to foreigners, it's true, carry your passport with you, don't think that this won't happen). They looked where I'm from, Australia. Then they searched my back pack, opened my mints container (lol, I asked them if they wanted one) and they smelled my hand sanitiser (this was pre-covid mind you). Once they went through everything they asked me what I was doing in the area and I explained I wanted to visit the record store which was closed. All the Japanese people walking past were looking at us as if I had actually committed a crime. I didn't take it personally, but it was a little embarrassing and frustrating. They were very nice about the whole thing but they sure as shit didn't check anyone else...

[@maeschder]

Doesnt help that Japanese on average have the attitude of "if you have business with the police, there must be a reason (asumption of guilt)"

[@HPLikecraft]

For me, it was a night where me and my friends went out drinking in Shinjuku. We were crossing the street and one of our other friend had to wait because the crosswalk light turned red. We were waving her down and laughing and all of a sudden a bunch of cops at the police box behind us came out and made us told us to show them our identification. They especially got on the case of my half black/half Japanese friend and went through his bag and looked through all his belongings which weirdly they didn't do to me or anyone else in the group, just him. They eventually let us go but they were not friendly at all. I felt like they thought we were going to sexually assault my female friend or something when we were waving at her. I honestly don't know what goes on in their minds to think people are just going to randomly attack women right next to the police box.

[@WardNightstone]

The smelled your hand sanatiser... were they exspectingbitvto smell like what exactly?

[@TankSenior]

@@HPLikecraft I'm honestly half glad they did that, not the racist profiling part obviously, but I've seen lots of sketchy guys around in Shinjuku. I wouldn't recommend being alone there as a female at night.

[@BaronHumbertvonGikkingen]

@@HPLikecraft ​ that sounds like a rational assumption for why they stopped you, but if that was the case, it’s weird they went about it by searching your bags rather than, idk, asking what you were doing or if you knew the person you were waving at lol. just seems like a v blatant excuse for racism, I’m sorry you/your friend had to experience it :/

[@grim1570]

so to sum this up in a nutshell, if you want to be exposed to racism in the most polite way possible japan is the way to go.

[@kholozondi9904]

Minus if you get detained and fined a lot of money. There are a bunch of places where the racism doesn't get financial

[@petouser]

@@kholozondi9904 you obviously only get detained if you were doing something illegal and not because you are foreigner.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Japanese are not polite get that notion out of here.

[@0Clewi0]

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 unviolent then?

[@dreamyclown7185]

@@petouser I got news for you

[@sixkeiii]

Cop: "Nihongo daijobu?" Joey: *"And i took that personally"*

[@aiwash2766]

The videos on KZbin where students explain the process they’ve gone over the last 2 years to go study to Japan and constantly get screwed over by the Japanese government is heartbreaking

[@rafail2303]

Name of Videos?

[@Accuaro]

Can you send the names pls

[@brtt150]

As terrible as it is, what do they expect during a pandemic? Doing anything abroad is difficult

[@fel524]

@@brtt150 this was a thing before the pandemic as well. There is understandably great prejudice against "Gaijins" in Japan, and it pains me due to how beautiful the culture and language is. Which surprises me because the government actually seems to try to open up to foreign countries, which is usually the opposite. It's the people, not the government.

[@ManectricReturns]

@@brtt150 I can't speak for any country but my own, Australia is giving out working holiday and student visas, Japan is literally open to Japanese people and residents, that's it. How is that fair? The covid cases in one state in Australia are more than the whole of Japan. What's their excuse?

[@stonecult]

"He was nice." No, he was polite. There was nothing nice about stopping a person for being a "foreigner"

[@FlameHashiraAries]

Honestly it sounded like he just wanted a conversation with a KZbinr

[@ericmoberg7679]

@@FlameHashiraAries curious why you think that. He mentioned nothing of the sort.

[@REplayer001]

polite is nice

[@Wells13555]

@Kick Face If you pop a tire in New york someone will pull over to the side of the road and change your tire for you while calling you a fuckin idiot for being a grown ass man who doesn't know how to change a tire. That's nice but not polite.

[@REplayer001]

@@Wells13555 what a retarded analogy. It doesn't work, he wasnt calling him names, he just did his job, go call government racist if that's what you want. The policeman was polite and nice.

[@gatonegroloco]

Ahhh good ole racial profiling. Been a bit since I heard about it.

[@matthewhernandez924]

Its kinda crazy how open Japan is about doing bad things that the US takes incredibly serious

[@times3857]

Lol Been Racially profiled all my life it's been a casual thing in America.

[@matthewhernandez924]

@@times3857 it’s a thing that is extremely shunned in most places here and is not advertised by the government as something you should be doing

[@times3857]

@@matthewhernandez924 Yeah its shunned here but unfortunately that's not enough to defend us against it so me along with most other black men from being racially profiled

[@KosieRosie]

@@times3857 yeah i don't like how the og comment said "haven't seen it in a while" as if he only notices when it happens to a white dude. he's tryna be oppressed

[@denjindhalsim]

I used to get stopped a couple times a year by cops trying to check my bike (if it's stolen or not). I got sick of it after a few years so I would gently inform them that they were being subconsciously racist. I would bring up the percentage of foreigners living in Japan and compare that to how many Japanese people they stopped compared to foreigners and stuff like that. They would usually just apologise and leave me alone at that point.

[@goldenpony822]

Wouldnt you get a bad attittyde and more problems??

[@denjindhalsim]

I'm was always polite and respectful but also firm. I grew up there so I'm fluent and I think that kinda threw most cops off and Japanese people in general are pretty polite so it never escalated.

[@8koi245]

@@denjindhalsim being firm is like the greatest virtue

[@BM-pt6sy]

Thanks I’ll try this next time I steal a bike in japan

[@SanaSamaha]

@@BM-pt6sy I got a good laugh out of that. Thanks! (Don't you dare reply with "I'm not joking.")

[@perrywinkle5000]

In my almost 14 years in Japan, I have been stopped a total of 2 or maybe 3 times. And I am a big black guy. Of course I also live in Kyushu where a lot of the fucked up Tokyo shit doesn't really happen. Last time I was stopped I had my headphones on while riding my bicycle and he stopped me because of that and gave me some kind of warning card. While I was waiting for the light to change I saw him literally stop a Japanese person FOR THE SAME DAMN THING and just wave him away, he didn't get that guy anything. What is also messed up is that they typically won't stop you when they see you WITH a Japanese person (or someone perceived as Japanese) as if they know what they are doing is wrong. Because typically the Japanese person will clap back at the cop for profiling the foreigner they are with.

[@Herr.Mitternacht]

I lived in Germany for 13 years as an Argentinian guy and they never stopped me. That just doesn't happen.

[@SadBirbHours]

Reminds me of being a teenager and me and some friends would hang about on the local park at night. Every week we’d be approached by cops and they’d single out my mate, the only black guy in our group, because he “Matched a description”

[@alexamderhamiltom5238]

did he got a problem?

[@ceoofjeanneism6777]

Must've been a very handsome criminal then bro dw

[@formula1340]

Lmao, the good ol “matched the description”. What a classic.

[@ffwast]

50/50 chance that he did but they had to know it wasn't him.

[@BRoyce69]

Would have picked somewhere else tbh

[@nayeemhaider8367]

Even with all the xenophobia, Japanese police are still saintly compared to police where im from. A couple weeks ago my dad warned me that " If a cop asks to inspect your bag while you're on your way to or back from college, create a commotion and make sure there are loads of witnesses watching" Apparently his friend's kid got into a similar situation and he pulled this. Which was a giga move considering that police often insert illegal drugs into young people's bags, lock em up and then ask their parents to empty their pockets in exchange for letting the kid walk free.

[@Lcapotidriss]

Wow where r u from ?

[@Purpletrident]

@@Lcapotidriss Sounds like America. They often plant drugs, especially when trying to wrongfully arrest a young black man.

[@giogiosepicchannel5195]

@@Purpletrident lmao I want what you're smoking. Take off that tinfoil hat of yours

[@arqueiroXD]

To be honest,you are not wrong...what heard from japan is the annoying ,but at least respectful. From what i come from i know many stories ,including police planting things that weren't there originally...or just ignoring stuff. So is not like the japane poilce is right, but yeah....this does give a perspective sometime

[@Purpletrident]

@@giogiosepicchannel5195 You're really going to deny police planting evidence? Literally everyone knows this, dude. They also bring in police dogs and give them a signal to act like there's drugs. You really going to defend them on this, huh?

[@jepoyburner]

Would have really liked to hear Garnt's experience with JP police because damn, being a SEA bro in Japan feels like you are a third class citizen. In my 2 month internship, people gawked at me and police randomly stopped me, it's crazy.

[@NaNa-wy2tk]

he shared this story, idk if you've seen it kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH-lmGiKZ9Gpiq8

[@formula1340]

I also wanted to hear SEA people's experiences. I've heard that japanese treat them worse than white people. It's outrageous how racism is so strong against their fellow asian neighbors.

[@Wingzero90939]

@@formula1340 That’s definitely true some of my Chinese friends got it pretty bad in Japan.

[@rp-wn5or]

@@formula1340 100% it’s hilarious bc to white people we all look the same to them

[@Foogi9000]

@@rp-wn5or false

[@akisuki]

I had a similar incident as Joey as I'm half Nepalese. This was like few years ago when I was with my brother and a Nepalese friend on a street in Bunkyouku. As we were walking and talking in Nepali language with our friend, two cops stopped us and told to show our purse and ID telling us similar story of stolen credit cards as Joey. When they saw that we were Japanese they just left. They just stopped us because we were speaking in different language. I had believed their story until I heard similar stories from other foreign friends.

[@viggonybell7084]

Hi, im 18 and from sweden and im a quite “normal” looking white guy. I just got back from my transfer year in Japan like 3 months ago. During my time there I stayed with a host family and just walking from and to school I got stopped 3 times (while wearing my school uniform) and got asked for ID and recedence card every time. Sorry if my English was bad pleas ask if u don’t understand and I will try to clarify. (Fun episode btv)

[@英語わかりません]

To be fair, I've been stopped twice in Sweden and asked for ID even though I haven't done anything. I'm swedish btw. They probably have some quota to fill and harassing foreigners rarely leads to any consequences.

[@viggonybell7084]

@@英語わかりません don’t know about the quota but you are most likely wright about that most foriners wold not make to big of a fuss about it

[@Channel-23s]

@@viggonybell7084 it’d be funny if they started to know you more like “oh there’s viggio let’s not bother him since we’ve already checked him already”

[@azazel682]

Your English is amazing my friend!!

[@viggonybell7084]

@@Channel-23s i lived in quite a small city in the countryside so wouldn’t suprice me if they did

[@dutch_asocialite]

From the way they're describing it, it sounds like it's possible to get stopped by a cop, talked to for a minute, let go and to walk five steps before being stopped by another cop. Honestly, it reminds me of Turkey, only instead of cops its cats and instead of talking it's stroking.

[@fel524]

The times I've been stopped in Turkey it was all scammers lmao

[@kholozondi9904]

This turned unexpectedly wholesome and I thank you for that

[@MichaelGrimm38]

Istanbul is the worst city to walk through. Replace cats with scummy salesman. "HABI HABI, come in my shop, I will offer you apple tea, it is my hospitality." Then you are traped for 40 minutes while they expalin the process of rug making and pitch every single rug in sight to you.

[@pawn5253]

The fucking cats man. I have to add 30 minutes to all my walks just because i cant stop myself from petting

[@xRedemp7ionx]

Happened to me in Narita airport. Going through customs and security behind a bunch of Japanese people who have no problems. I go past security and get immediately stopped. My luggage got taken to one side and searched thoroughly and the security asked me so many questions: Why I was in Japan, where I was staying, how long, etc. They were very polite about the whole thing, but it's obvious they only stopped me because I was foreign.

[@kuhaku9635]

That's a bad experience,but unfortunately,it really is important. Usually baggage check is only done to people who are suspicious (high boots indicating probable contraband,or weirdly walking probably contraband in the boots,weird destination or purpose of visiting),or they heard something from someone that a person is carrying bad things,and people from a certain country or race,like how mexican is thoroughly checked before entering american soil cuz there's literally a lot of drugs coming from mexico to america. So there's this 'bias' that,well you just need to understand,as long as they aren't trying to force you to jail,and be polite about it.

[@BuzziMuzzi]

This happens in every airport everywhere. They pick out people from the queue randomly and yes most often foreign people, in every airport where you go through customs.

[@TheComsicCurator]

@@kuhaku9635 that's STILL not okay.

[@alejandrotuazon4831]

​@@BuzziMuzziif it happens most often to foreigners, its not fucking random

[@callowaymotorcompany]

@@kuhaku9635 Of all the people who have done crime in japan, what percentage do you think were foreign?

[@tman229]

I got stopped in 3 days on my first trip to Japan 6 years ago. They said they wanted to see if I have drugs or guns. Me being black and with the stereotypes, I didn't take that kindly. Now, I live here and last year a cop stopped me while I was trying to make the train to work and yes I missed that train. Fortunately, I planned to arrive to work way earlier than I needed to so I wasn't late but some can understand how much of a problem this can be if stopped at the wrong time.

[@mememaster147]

At least in the UK you can get a receipt if they do a stop and search on you so you've got somet' to show the boss.

[@ShizukaAoki]

It happened to me on my way to class, i just looked annoyed and told them i have a class to attend and they let me go

[@earljames5415]

Chris probably wasn't stopped because those cops knew him from the Television show.

[@bh4462]

"Are you KZbinr?"

[@earljames5415]

@@bh4462 it's so fvccin' funny LMAO アー・ユー・ユーチューバー?

[@corvus2735]

@@bh4462 Yes, I am KZbinr!

[@MrFuzziiWuzzii]

Good thing he always carries a camera with him to signify he’s a KZbinr

[@ShadowAkatora]

Sounds like the cops are bored out of their fncking mind and just hope and pray something would happen on their shift.

[@Jerry4281]

Declining Population size equals less crime. Also, people need to understand it's the same thing both ways, America has too many people but usually small towns are relatively safe. Not saying there isn't crime, but my small town almost no crime. Etc. Same if you from a small town in Minnesota, probably a similar situation.

[@Purpletrident]

@@Jerry4281 Bro this is some real Nazi level of eugenics argument here. Small population doesn't mean less crime. More poverty equals more crime. China has 3 times the population of America but it has far less crime per capita because they have far less poverty. This is simple criminology

[@nukesRus123]

@@Purpletrident china has less poverty my ass, they only get away with saying that because the CCP set the bar for poverty so low no one qualifies. If you were to take what qualifies as poverty from any other developed nation and apply to to china they have one the largest poverty rates in the world.

[@Jerry4281]

@@Purpletrident Poverty doesn't force people into crime. You understand that, right? I understand if you're improvished in America there is a lot of government programs to help you get food and other necessities. Crime only happens if they believe the system did not work for them specifically or they are lunatics like serial killers. Also, your criminology basis is flawed in the aspect that if every improvished person steals money or something or other to get by then why a majority of the time do you not here about people robbing different places? People are random and do what they want, criminology doesn't dictate who and who won't do crime.

[@Purpletrident]

@@Jerry4281 This is just literally false. All evidence says poor socio-economic conditions leads to more crime. Also the social safety nets america has is not lifting anyone out of poverty. Please learn about your country

[@xahal]

Now imagine being a naturalised westerner. Theoretically, being Japanese, you don't need to have an official ID. In practice, you'll be asked for a resident card, and you'll have to present an ID that proves you're Japanese. So even when you ARE Japanese, you aren't treated as one if you don't look like one.

[@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225]

I mean, that is normal, Japan is basically an homogeneous country. You wouldn’t guess a random blond, white tall men or girl is actually a Japanese or even Asian.

[@donovanlocust1106]

This is probably one of my biggest worries about going back to Japan since my Japanese is very poor and I'm not familiar with their legal system so I don't want to rot in a foreign prison with no understanding of the language.

[@TheBaldr]

Unless the crime is heinous or drug related, your not going to a Japanese Prison, your going to be (**deported)exported.

[@sadi5713]

@@TheBaldr I think its deported if you are a person.

[@jadenrodrigues5401]

@@TheBaldr THEY SELL YOU?

[@TheBaldr]

@@sadi5713 Oops lol my bad. I work in business.

[@ManectricReturns]

I've lived in Japan for more than 2 years now, please be rest assured that the police will check you, but they are not corrupt. They're not gonna imprison you for nothing.

[@squidge8808]

Japan reminds me of like a grandpa. God damn do you love talking to him and man he has some amazing stories. Really great man. So it really disappoints you when they say something homophobic or xenophobic. It’s a real goddamn shame

[@ee-ef8qr]

Well it's run by people who cater to these people.

[@AJR-zg2py]

98% of the population is native Japanese. Are we honestly surprised when something xenophobic happens? lol

[@evanmiller8213]

The cop saw “the anime man” on the credit card and understood

[@WardNightstone]

see the thing is because chris has dark hair if he was masked up he MIGHT not stand out as a foreigner on a quick glance where as Connor is tall PALE AF and has brown hair he stands out like a sore thumb

[@Shibby.]

I’m pretty sure Connor is short lol

[@pinkcrosses]

@@Shibby. I think he said hes like 5’10’ or sumn like that lol, not short but not tall either.

[@SIRAJPRODUCTIONS]

@@Shibby. connors not short and compared to the average Japanese person he’s tall

[@Shibby.]

@@SIRAJPRODUCTIONS I guess, I was just comparing him to Joey and Garnt, which he is the shortest out of the three of them

[@SIRAJPRODUCTIONS]

@@Shibby. joey and garnt are just tall lol even in western countries joey and garnt would be tall. Especially garnt. Connors just average height

[@PDGY77]

I'm American and have been living in Japan about 6 years now and I can not count the number of times i've been stopped by the police because they want to check my bicycle... I coudn't count the number of times they said there are lots of reports of stolen bikes in the area and they need to get all my info and make sure its mine and that I own it etc. you would think after the first few times they would have that info but of course they don't because it's all BS The last time I was furious! I was coming home from work and I was riding my bike on the side walk and I looked to my right and saw a cop car driving and I legit was like OH god of they see me I'll get stopped. Sure enough! they literally turned the car around and drive up the street a little so they could pull over and question me. They tell me they need to check my bike because it doesn't have a key lock mechanism on it.... for one thing the pass code panel on the bike is on the left side, So driving in a car on the right side of me in the other direction , you are not going to see which type I have on my bike!!... Straight up lie!! also while this is happening there are like 20 people riding their bikes around us on the side walk. They didn't even bother to talk to any of the Japanese people riding their bikes. Of course not! They make up some BS to stop me because i'm clearly foreign and I know it will never end!

[@porcorosso4330]

I think you should just start recording your stops. If they don't allow open recording then just secretly record.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

Only consent to a inspection if you can gef them to be on a selfy with you. At some point you have a nice collection.

[@lookitskazzy]

It's most likely not going to help but you should always file a complaint when you get stopped like this.

[@porcorosso4330]

@@lookitskazzy I think it might help. Claiming culture is not that strong in Japan. So when it does happen, they do tend to take it more seriously. Especially if you cause trouble to their surpriors. One reason they "target" foreigners might be because they think foreigners are less likely to file a complaint. So, for them, foreigners might be considered a soft target for them or low risk high reward or path of least resistance. (+/- the language barrier that is.)

[@lisanguyen6324]

Though not the exact same situation, I was once pulled over twice in one day for the same issue. For cop 2, I told him that I had previously spoken with cop 1 about the issue and that it was being handled so they left me alone. Maybe you could do the same thing?

[@TrueNargin]

The security guards bit is so relatable for me because in Poland it's exactly the same - all of the security guards are old retired men but I read this comment somewhere explaining that basically it's a win-win because the guy has something to do, feels like he's actually needed and not a fifth wheel for society and gets paid for it while the owner of the place benefits as well because while the guard won't likely intimidate many criminals they at least discourage people from trying - opportunity makes the thief. If anything serious does go down the guards just call the police and they handle the rest. Our country's relatively safe - there aren't that many dangerous criminals in Poland so with all that in mind a guy like that is likely just good enough. I imagine most of this applies to Japan as well.

[@AshkanKiani]

I've been stopped twice in 2.5 years in Japan (although do note, I've been living in covid times, so I only went outside for like 6 months), and it was clearly racial profiling. They were trying to figure out if I was on drugs or dealing drugs. It basically was the deciding factor for me to decide to leave Japan and not renew my visa. They also aren't allowed to search you, but that won't stop them from trying. The first time I didn't know, and if you don't tell them "no," they will take advantage. I felt violated, and I also felt the gloss of "Japan is known for respect" fade in a flash. Btw, the racial profiling got so bad that the US Embassy issued a warning to US citizens in Japan.

[@ack153]

When I lived in the countryside in Shizuoka the police came over once to check my ID. They also asked to see my driver's license and my American one was expired and I hadn't gotten a full Japanese license yet at the time. Luckily I had just pulled into the parking lot and I had a bunch of groceries and had to keep walking up the flight of stairs and down outside of my apartment to show them. Finally they figured this girl is a hot mess and we better get going so I got out of showing them my license barely. Other than that, I haven't really been stopped here.

[@lisanguyen6324]

Can't let the ice cream melt! 😂

[@iluvsakuraandsyaoran]

Not exactly the same thing but as a white woman in Japan what you also get is a lot of random Japanese dudes who ask you out because you’re foreign and different. It’s really upsetting when you realize you’re being targeted because of your ‘exoticness’. I was there for a year pre pandemic and of those encounters one guy who I never spoke to spent ten minutes telling me how he loved American culture and football and how he had been staring at me in the grocery store for months. I switched to a further away grocery store.

[@alban4220]

Had the same thing happen to me. Never before stopped in 3+ years in Japan. Once covid started I got stopped at least once a month. Always near train stations. And weirdly enough, I never saw the police talk to japanese people, only ever to foreigners. None of my japanese friends, who were doing the same commute as me, were stopped. 2 of my foreign friends were stopped. Funny coincidence amirite.

[@NoFuqinIdea]

Japan's constant border lockdown is ruining my relationship with my Girlfriend who is still living there. It's been 23 Months at this point, we have already lost two years together and I am so fucking sick of having to reply to her question when I'm finally gonna come back with "as soon as I can" because that reply is as satisfying as walking up that final staircase in Mario 64 when you don't have enough stars and it just keeps going on forever.

[@EkonEzg]

U good now bro?

[@NoFuqinIdea]

@@EkonEzg At the moment we're gathering all necessary documents to get one of those family/ Acquaintance Visas they've introduced recently. It's a pain in the butt because they want you to basically do a complete strip-tease of personal information (Chats, Letters and Photos to proof the relationship aswell as financial status, personal documents, etc). Also flight-tickets cost 3-4 times of what they used to 4 months ago now but eh... Finally something to work with. Crossing my fingers it'll actually work. Thanks for asking btw!

[@EkonEzg]

@@NoFuqinIdea didn't think I'd get a actual reply lol. Anyways good luck and safe journey.

[@NoFuqinIdea]

@@EkonEzg Haha, it's a welcome distraction from dealing with all this document nonsense ^^' Also: Thanks a lot!

[@OhCamperCamper1]

Too bad you can't jump glitch IRL as you can with that stairway in mario 64

[@ViceSenpai]

As person from middle eastern decent going through the airport is pain. and every time i end up being randomly searched.

[@anjel130]

Yea "randomly" searched 😒

[@the.spriggan]

That thumbnail lol. Could be a new meme for the subreddit

[@midnightdoll_art]

Not part of the main topic of the video but when Joey mentioned the hypothetical of someone stealing, I remember a video that went viral a few years ago where a robber was stealing from a bank and the Japanese police went after. It was live on Japanese news but the fact the robber stealing was not the focus but how slow the chase was. The cop and robber were not great runners and it took a it until they finally caught him.

[@lisanguyen6324]

Despite the situation that sounds like a page out of Gakki no Tsukai lol

[@midnightdoll_art]

@@lisanguyen6324 Your not wrong, I thought it was an SNL skit but it was a legit news report. They were LITERALLY jogging down the street, meanwhile people were either watching on standby or recording on their phones

[@AngryDemonBowser]

Japanese cops racially profiling is kind of alien to me. I am black and when I used to live there I always thought that one day they would come up to me but never have I been stopped when I was on my way to somewhere.

[@barelysuperman]

Meanwhile, for me, I’d always have cops lingering whenever I’d be out and about. I used to tell my friend, just ignore it. But you always see them starting either in cars or blatantly.

[@barelysuperman]

@@ANJK-eu7xf I genuinely couldn’t enter shops by myself. My friend is Chinese but from the security guards’ perspective he was more local. It is what it is. Tho I gotta say, majority of the properly negative racial experiences have come from older gen and Chinese tourists visiting Japan

[@zizthesin]

In America, our cops are wild. Driving home from a magic the gathering tournament we got randomly stopped, k9 sniffed the car, lit up on me. they searched us, the car and everything and found NO drugs at all. we couldn't have had any. then they showed us a handful of marijuana seeds like they were ours. Nothing really came of it, after we talked shit about how much money in magic cards we had with the cops while they searched our bags and they let us go. we could not afford drugs lol. it was awful.

[@JustsomeSpaceG1]

I was security guard and I can tell you majority of security guards are indeed Old guys between 40-70. People of my age are generally afraid of these jobs while old guys generally don't care anymore.

[@aria8157]

PSA: no matter how good your japanese, how much you love the culture or how many resident card you have or how many offspring you have with a japanese person, YOU WILL NEVER BE JAPANESE. I have 4 nephews with a foreign father and japanese mother, 3 of them looks like your typical japanese kid while the last one got his looks from his father, long story short he has to go to our country to study cause the amount of bullying he experienced will scar him for the rest of his life, hell his brothers get some ugly looks as well when they find out theyre halfs.

[@fel524]

There's a specific word for them too. Literally "Hafu". But from what I've heard is that they're considered beautiful and all that. Although I can see how they'll get bullied even if they look great, happened to myself as well. Plus with Japan already having such disgusting levels of bullying I'm not that surprised. It's sad really

[@Copperhell144]

@@fel524 This is quite unimportant but it's hard to call it "a specific word" when it's just the English word "half".

[@0Asterite0]

Good. Westerners always want to enforce their will on foreign countries

[@fel524]

@@0Asterite0 not always at all. In fact I have no will to be Japanese in the first place. You can't change where you were born. But facing literal racism is not "Good" no matter how you look at it and where you are. No one deserves it.

[@formula1340]

@@fel524 maybe dependeing what country the other half is. If the other half is white, I guess it's considered beautiful. But if you're half SEA or other 3rd world country, then expect to experience some form of bullying. I've read some horror stories of it in other forums.

[@Drllp]

All the security guards are old. It’s just every time they see Conner they call in the military.

[@osiris3962]

that closing was good, thanks mudan

[@mariaevens8969]

Japanese Police be Like; And this is why i never forgive the Foreigners!

[@1frozenIce1]

When I was on my way home (~1 am) a police car slowed down and drove beside my bike. Didn't know what to do so I just continued. I guess I looked innocent enough so they left me alone and stopped the Japanese guy in front of me. Only encounter I had in 11 months and luckily was completely non verbally.

[@アル中-p4l]

This was one of the few times I can be somewhat glad that I am a Zainichi Korean. Nobody can tell me apart from Japanese.

[@samuraijosh1595]

Korean descendant born in Japan?

[@kuserosu]

Chris is just a you-tu-baa~

[@TheRealMarxz]

twice on the expressway/tollway up to Niigata we were in a group of cars doing about 20 Klm over the limit when a police car has come up and over taken in the emergency stopping lane then pulled across straddling both lanes, the red light pops up and they slow down to the speed limit then after about 5 to 10 minutes they would just drop back in to the stopping lane and let the traffic go past. After the second time I asked my Japanese friend who was driving why they did that and he said that they just want to keep accidents down they don't want to pull over and fine people because the expressway is privately owned and the fines go to the expressway management so they have an attitude of keep people from speeding but not lining the pockets of these organisations. he also said that they probably did it with us as they would have seen a group of gaijin in the car but once they saw he was driving would have had no interest in pulling us over .... yay for Ken the anti police harassment man another thing I notice, my first extended stay (as opposed to just a couple days in Tokyo id done a couple times before) back in 2003 I eventually realised none of the police in Tokyo or Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto wore firearms, but by 2016 almost all the police carried a sidearm

[@electrictutorial1]

the highway in japan baffled me the first couple times i went on. i'm travelling 80 per the sign and cars are just flying by me. i'm like am i doing something wrong? then i found out no one drives the speed limit on the highway. i still stick to it, but usually i'm alone in the slow lane with cars just blowing by in the fast lane. from what i understand the only way to get caught is if there's a cop driving down the road (rare) or if you're going over 120. because from some weird law speed traps can only be set to trigger 40 kmh over the speed limit.

[@vancanter8877]

Lol even in Arizona(U.S) people always go 20 over the speed limit.

[@Croma2333]

It's weird. I've heard these stories from friends a lot but for me although i have been questioned randomly by the police in Japan, it was always pleasant. One time in Osaka,, i missed last train and was walking to the apartment i was renting and i ran into 3 cops below a bridge, they stopped me and then asked if i played rugby (i'm big and australian) and they asked if i was single because the female cop of the group wanted a boyfriend. Another time i was stopped after i turned from the middle lane going right while driving, crossing over solid lines. The police stopped me, saw my license was Australian and then said あぁ、オーストラリア人か？ルールが違うかもね。気を付けて下さい (" You're Australian, maybe the rules are different there.. Please be careful") and then handing me my license back and let me go. But now i live in Thailand and After being stop and searched multiple times in front of my house i started getting quite aggressive with the police and had to file formal complaints at the police station. But since then it stopped.

[@cmdrsausage9669]

They weren’t nice, they were polite. Nice wouldn’t stop someone based on race.

[@karebear3296]

my host family took me to a museum (this was before the pandemic) and the security guard literally followed me to every single room trying to be casual but the amount of times we made eye contact when I turned around made it quite obvious that he was watching me specifically XD

[@karebear3296]

@@Robespierre-lI I wasn't like "watching" him, we only made eye contact when I would turn to go to the next room or look at something else and notice him watching me.

[@Vokoca]

Interesting, I've lived in Japan for over a year and never had anything like this happen to me, and I am very clearly a foreigner. It's just annecdotal experience, but seems like this really varies a lot from person to person, rather than any foreigner just automatically getting stopped anywhere they go.

[@robertdailey7248]

I experienced something similar at Kawasaki station in 2018. I lived in Japan as a kid, had my passport with me, and everything resolved amicably. But I’ve stopped visiting Japan. It’s clear that Japan doesn’t want Caucasian people around, even as tourists. So, I’ve decided not to go back.

[@robertdailey7248]

@@benjaminramsey498 If you’ve not been, I’d definitely go! Just carry your passport with you, as this petty harassment of white foreigners is quite common. It’s a great country in so many ways. My current views are somewhat shaped by the fact that I grew up in Japan, and have traveled to Japan for holiday or work more than 25 times. If I’d grown up in France and had been back more than 25 times, France would likely feel something like a second home to me. Japan doesn’t feel that way to me. In fact, I’m so much of an outsider that I get stopped by the police simply for walking through a train station. Besides, with the advent of facial recognition software, the police at the station could easily figure out whether I’m an Argentine construction worker on the lam.

[@BuzziMuzzi]

That’s such bullshit sorry.

[@WDDragneel]

Literally yesterday I was walking home from work listening to music, minding my own business on the sidewalk, when this cop car goes out of his way to drive onto the cycling road next to me, slowly drive by me with his head nearly out the freakin window, checkin me from head to toe, and then left.. - This happens at leats once or twice a month. - One time they asked me "whats your age?" I told em my age, "ohh you looked like someone we're searching for".... - Guess I'm quite the intimidating 5 foot 8 lightskin dude.

[@justarandomweeb8953]

Never knew foreigners were stopped that much in Japan When I went there I only got stopped once when my dad, supposingly, took a turn that you're not allowed/ supposed to? We were only left alone after they gave up communicating with us lmao Other than that it was just smooth sail Maybe cause I'm also Asian so I look like a Japanese?

[@Koutouhara]

*Connor dealing with xenophobia and racism for the first time* "I don't know why they do it" Welcome to the experience, you'll never know.

[@Delta-jq6fv]

When connor goes somewhere in japan the security guards and building managers are like ¨Oh shit Connor is comming shit everybody we are going in to defcon 1 get the assault rifles just in case and ready the nuclear bunker in case this gets out of hand¨.

[@Jomme3D]

This stopping and searching reminds me a lot of how the 2011 England riots began. (I had to do research on this topic for school)

[@Xenonarth]

Japanese Xenophobia never fails to disappoint me.

[@Maxaker]

Damn Garnt looking fly in this one

[@thebeepster8014]

As someone who's been learning Japanese for years at this point and was supposed to go for study abroad before its cancellation due to covid, this stuff is really disheartening. I'm just glad that even if my Japanese is rough, I'd be able to get by- even then, though, I've heard so many stories about foreigners getting stopped just because they're foreigners. I'm a 6'2" white dude who would stick out like a sore thumb, so I'd always be worried about getting pulled over for just existing. Unfortunately the university program had to be cancelled this summer. I'm still going to try to go, but I just hope I don't have a rough time. I've heard plenty of horror stories of just how poorly gaijin are treated there.

[@arnoldrivas4590]

The ultimate Reverse Uno Card played: using police stop and search against them.

[@NeoWind]

I wonder if a Japanese cop ever stop someone who was FBI or police officer themselves who was traveling there . Was like sure here’s my ID. And I wonder what there reaction were

[@jamestk656]

I was at the Hyatt in Ginza pre-covid which I assume was used to plenty of foreign visitors. I was dressed to go to the gym, proceeded to go to the hotel gym that required me to swipe in my room card, and started to work out, as you do. Ten minutes later, this cop smaller than me walks in, looks at me, then turns around and walks out. Whole thing lasts 10 seconds. I can only think that the staff called them on me for whatever reason and I can only assume that I scared him away with my bulging muscles 😂

[@alexander1989x]

Gigachad energy

[@abraxaskabrakas6098]

by that discription I imagine you looked like biscuit Oliver to that guy

[@Andr-Eix]

@@abraxaskabrakas6098 hahaha if I saw biscuit Oliver I'd do a 180 so fast

[@abraxaskabrakas6098]

@@Andr-Eix can you though

[@MrDMIDOV]

I don’t care what my job is, if I’m asked to physically confront a way bigger person I’ll immediately turn away.

[@mr.smith45]

I really dont like how they underplay how fucked this is. Like they admit but try to downplay the shit out of it

[@mr.smith45]

@Ronin00 Ok plan as day racism isnt that big a issue I forgot

[@degenerateprick3288]

@@mr.smith45 how is it racism when it is xenophobia?

[@pennyinheaven]

Maybe so, but there was no disgust, just apprehension. Japan just has a way of doing it that isn't as insulting if it were in other countries.

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@mr.smith45 1 its not racism 2 its xenophobia 3 its still wrong but japan is a homogeneous society so of course someone different looking is suspect thats just how humans work especially in a country where 99 percent of the population is the same race

[@Praestantia]

You gotta understand how racist white people have also been to Asians. Whatever this is, it's definitely way less bad than what happens in Western countries considering (1) Japan is a homogeneous society and not a melting pot (2) Japan only had more exposure to foreigners in recent years when travel to Japan had opened up (3) foreigners tend to not be as aware of rules and culture as much as the Japanese living there.

[@Savillozz]

The reason they do this is because crime is low and the police have to report they did at least something during the day, so they usually search foreigners to count towards that

[@miiahaapaniemi8640]

Happened to me when I was 16 and I was an exchange student in Japan. A policeman just asked my ID at the train station and so I gave him my residence card. I don't know why they asked my ID but then again I definitely look foreign with my platinum blonde hair and blue eyes 😅 At that time I didn't know enough Japanese to ask the reason 🤔

[@MoshpitGrimreaprr]

When I was studying in japan I got stopped a couple of times and the explanation we got was that they were checking if you had your resident card, student id and/or passport. Basically they were checking if you were in the country legally.

[@TheoHiggins]

I'm almost looking forward to getting profiled when I visit

[@crashito_x]

The english feeling like second class citizens, oh the irony

[@ManectricReturns]

Living in Japan and one time at midnight, I couldn't sleep so I started walking around the neighbourhood while smoking. So I'm about to finish a cigarette when an oncoming car's headlights blind me. I thought nothing of it, and I threw my cig into a drain right in front of the oncoming car. Of course, it was a cop car. The cop put his window down and just said "please be careful" and then drove off lol. For context, I'm physically obviously not Japanese.

[@HPLikecraft]

As a frequent traveler to Japan (I usually go a couple times a year for an extended amount of time) the COVID restrictions has really tainted how much I want to go back. I mean, I'll probably go back but I just don't feel like Japan is that cool place anymore after just how much they've shunned out people from going there. I do agree with Joey about the security guards being 80 year old men though. I don't think I've ever seen a young security guard.

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

Security guards in japanese buildings seems to be underpayed concierge rather than security guards.

[@thundurr]

They exist for insurance reasons to to companies, not for actual security

[@persgodiva]

I was in Kanazawa three years ago, right before Covid hit and my tour guide was casually talking to some police men at the bus stop when I arrived. I was the only obviously western looking in our group and one of the police men approached me and asked me nicely where I was from. I could tell he wanted to ask for my passport but when I told him I'm German (and I'm a woman) he sort of just started flirting with me lol

[@jimmymifsud1]

I think Connor is mentioning the security guards with the helmets on; they sorta look like JSDF Military Police

[@Cat-fx6fn]

I don’t know if this is the same in Japan but American freely allowed to lie to you know repercussions so for instance if you were not speeding but they pull you over and tell you that you were and you agree by saying “oh I didn’t notice my bad” that counts a a confession and you will be given a ticket

[@dasgrauel]

The story that Conner said sounded almost like a fan using his police status to confirm that it was Conner- lmao.

[@Miller_Time]

We are lucky if the cop doesn't ask for your ID in the US just for talking to them.

[@JoshIsles]

I’ve had the opposite experience. Only been stopped once on my bike in umeda looking shady as fuck with a black tracksuit on with my hood up at midnight and I’ve been NOT stopped for heaps of things in minami most likely because I’m foreigner and assumed to much of a pain in the backside to deal with. For example, Jaywalking right in front cops while not paying attention to my surroundings.

[@thelastmotel]

Having security gaurds is like having alarms and CCTV. They drastically reduce your insurance premiums. They aren't there to stop crime, they are there so the company they work for pays less for something that they have to have.

[@tbv979]

Stopping foreigners and asking for ID is also something they do in Greece. My partner says they typically ask anyone who looks Albanian or Pakistani/Syrian. You have to have your residence card on you.

[@DominikaHare]

Yeah, they also do it in any frontier in Spain. Sometimes not just police, but even bus drivers & security guards will try to check for papers. Awfully rude if you ask me. They check their papers but never warn them of the river & then they drown. They sure as hell don’t actually care about public safety.

[@tordlindgren2123]

Oh that's nothing. I got stopped 5 times in 3 weeks once. All I did was drive a car at nighttime (not working at the time it calmed my mind). And I'm in my home country. They didn't say it, but they were definetly looking for drug trafficking. As if you'd ever do that in the middle of a night when everything you do look suspicious

[@Cheezitnator]

In America an officer can't randomly search you on the street. They need probable cause, so you can refuse. In a foreign country you don't usually have the same rights so within reason you should capitulate to law enforcement, but you should always make a note of what happened in case your personal rights were infringed on. You can report the interaction to your embassy or interpol if something untoward happens. It's better than trying, as a foreigner, to report to local police about abuses of authority.

[@jamauln1]

"Oh you're one of the good ones."

[@Kebbythetraveler]

9:26 that's true when you're speeding on countryside highways in the states too. My Mom calls the first person speeding in a row "the rabbit" xp

[@TheCreepypro]

what joey said to that policeman is what everyone should say if you don't think they have a good reason for stopping you know your rights

[@evanmico]

This reminds me a little of Russia. Whenever I was in Moscow I would always have my Russian passport on me. I would also make sure to hide it in a necklace wallet. This way my stuff was safe from pickpocketers and if the police stopped me on the streets I would have my passport for identification. (I always avoided carrying my American passport as well so that I wouldn't have any issues as a dual citizen)

[@arthurjohnson7473]

"Papers, please"

[@wadeland4]

i always assumed the speed limit is what ever is posted plus 10 hearing otherwise is mindblowing

[@rafaelgarcia5797]

“I don’t own a credit guard” *walks away*

[@danielcorpus3218]

It is so weird to hear Connors last name. I'm like, wasn't his last name DawgVA

[@Muahaha651]

Japanese racially profiling or just wanting to search you because you’re a foreigner was always happening lol, happened to me twice and was told that because I have a beard that I’m more likely to be stopped by the police because it can be seen as suspicious lmao

[@abitscruffy]

I remember getting stopped by a policeman in the UK, asked me what I’d been doing, said I was at the cinema, asked me for a movie synopsis so I asked if he’d seen it and he said no so I asked what use my story was to him 😅

[@Neekazan]

Here in America, the police seem to pull over the slowest speeder. I remember when I was a kid, my dad coming home angry that he got a ticket for going 4 miles over the speed limit, but people were passing him up. It happened to me as well a couple years ago.

[@watyhu99]

tbh...a way I've personally found to never ever get suspicion from cops or security or anything, is to dress well/smart, and I don't mean like brands or expensive street clothes, but like, dress like you're worth money (even if what it actually is is cheap alixpress clothes and accessories). They never ever think those who look like they have money, need to do sketchy stuff or commit crimes. I've been stared at weirdly and stopped before wearing a hoodie, that or like even baggy shirts and pretty nice streetwear/techwear. But whenever im in my business attire with slacks, button up, CK belt, tie, dress shoes, nice watch, etc. I don't even remotely get even more that a brief glance from store staff, security, or police. Wearing a casual hood, they stop me to check receipts and stuff when exiting a store, but when after work and wearing the full getup, even when the alarm/alert thing at the store entrance goes off, i look at them and they wave it off saving it's fine. Actually ridiculous how effective a person's perception of another's need to be sketchy or do crime is tied to one's attire. (idk if it matters but also a foreigner and look like it too) also: another thing, have had staff check my back packs, or small pouches, and canvas bags. Not once has anyone ever bothered to check my leather briefcase/laptop bag.

[@alejandrotuazon4831]

In 2008 it was my first time in Japan and was still trying to figure out the metro while I was alone. I was stopped by two casual clothed police asking me to show my passport and visa. I dont carry either for safety (loosing my passport) but had a photocopy of it. It was my first time being profiled. In 2008 I didnt have a phone that could connect to local internet so I had no way to contact my family if anything went deeper than that

[@Rescel1]

8:00 when i was in Japan an drove in the Country side i looked up how fast you can drive there. its 50 kmh in my country you could drive outside of citys 100kmh. so i drove realy slowly until i saw every other Japanese car driving 80 or 90 XD

[@nastjuschechka]

Just Japan being casualy racist, the usual 🙃

[@6th_Army]

Pulled over for doing 4kph over the limit? Fucking hell. Here in Canada we do 20kph over right by the cops without anything happening.

[@DeviousWizard]

Here in Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, it is the opposite. If you speed while following someone, it is seen as an opportunistic moment to speed.

[@evanrieux668]

In canada, at least in northeastern ontario, in the city of greater Sudbury almost all drivers drive 20km over the speed limit, the only place you don't speed is I'm a school zone