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 Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:57 pm
Recently I've been watching a lot of shin-chan. In the cartoons shin-chan often runs errands by himself or goes to the park with friends. Is Japan really that safe that it wouldn't be a problem for a five year old kid to be unsupervised by a parent or is this solely a cartoon thing? I ask this because from what I hear Japan has really low crime rates.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:20 pm
having been to japan for a grand total of 1.25 months, I can say from personal experience, that it is about that safe. No one besides police are allowed to own firearms, and from what I can tell, that due to the presence of the Kouban (police box), is that the crime rate is exceptionally low.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:16 pm
oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop
sorry sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:20 pm
Aiko_589 oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop sorry sweatdrop its ok wish it like that over here cry
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:12 pm
im not sure..ut safety is an issue now a days..
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:30 pm
Kids walk to school by themselves. My cousin who is 6 walks from his house in Itabashiku (ward) to some school 20 minutes away. =/
It's quite different.
Which is why I'm guessing it was such a shock when that elementary student in Kagoshima was found dead last year, it just never happens. cry gonk
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:43 pm
Aiko_589 oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop sorry sweatdrop Personally, I'm really fed up with the gun law. We Americans really do love our guns. That stereotype may actually be a correct one. I know like half my school are like 'Hey! I got a (insert random gun type here) the other day!' I have no idea what they're talking about most of the time. I've never fired a gun in my life.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:49 am
che_hyun Aiko_589 oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop sorry sweatdrop Personally, I'm really fed up with the gun law. We Americans really do love our guns. That stereotype may actually be a correct one. I know like half my school are like 'Hey! I got a (insert random gun type here) the other day!' I have no idea what they're talking about most of the time. I've never fired a gun in my life. oh realy? i guess i shoud take stereotypes a bit more seriously...
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:36 am
Aiko_589 che_hyun Aiko_589 oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop sorry sweatdrop Personally, I'm really fed up with the gun law. We Americans really do love our guns. That stereotype may actually be a correct one. I know like half my school are like 'Hey! I got a (insert random gun type here) the other day!' I have no idea what they're talking about most of the time. I've never fired a gun in my life. oh realy? i guess i shoud take stereotypes a bit more seriously... not all of them tho...
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:20 pm
oh how I envy the Japanese so much. Gosh I wish I were there right now... but my Japanese is shocking.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:25 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:45 pm
We don't have much violence here, and I don't see kids whipping guns out or talking about them were it is... we have strict rules about that kind of thing. I don't ever feel that I have to worry about getting shot around here, probably because I live in a good neighborhood, and my school is only 10 minutes away, so I walk there. I wouldn't want to live in the ghetto areas of town though, because that's where bad things happen. o_o;
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:43 am
che_hyun Aiko_589 oh, yes it is true, japanese cannot hold firearms. This is mainly the reason why a stereotype is that "all americans have guns" sweatdrop sorry sweatdrop Personally, I'm really fed up with the gun law. We Americans really do love our guns. That stereotype may actually be a correct one. I know like half my school are like 'Hey! I got a (insert random gun type here) the other day!' I have no idea what they're talking about most of the time. I've never fired a gun in my life.
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:14 am
Yea, I have heard that Japan has a very low crime rate.
My town is one of the safest in the area where I live. And I walk to school everyday. Not a lot of crime happens where I live XD
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:58 am
-Daisy-mai- oh how I envy the Japanese so much. Gosh I wish I were there right now... but my Japanese is shocking. yeah me too, I can't carry on a decient conversation beyond "how are you?" sweatdrop i got a long way to go.
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