Then hire a lawyer and provide an official statement of what’s going on. It doesn’t sound like much, but when people see an official piece of paper, they often wake up, get a hold of themselves and thinking where this is going. Civil law isn’t a panacea. It’s expensive and you’re unlikely to make a profit out of it. But it exists because it sometimes it works.

If he really is crazy, crazy, it might make no impression, or aggravate him. But it will stand as evidence if the police start getting on to you that it’s him and not you. But if he’s crazy crazy he’ll have a social worker, who will start to be involved. You can also sue the social work department too for failure of supervision. Or you could complain about the housing management to a higher authority for allowing him to live there and taking no action when he’s making death threats against you.

If you point out that not having to endure regular death threats to you and your family is a minimal level of security for most parents of small children, people often don’t react. But when they realise they’re going to get an ‘I-told-you-so’ invoice from hell as compensation for what happened next… Well they’re going to think about what might happen next and whether they would want to pay that bill. Then they might organise a housing transfer.

Probably nothing will happen. My brother is schizophrenic and has been the cause of similar worries to your own in the past. These people deserve consideration as well as caution. Really crazy people are statistically way more likely to commit suicide than hurt other people, But we did have to bang on the doors of different departments before they hauled him into an observation unit for a few months and slowly he got the idea that if he wanted to inhabit his delusions, a) He wasn’t leaving till he did and b) If he actually acted on his delusions, he would return there for a looooonnnggg time. After that, he started calming down, shutting up and pretending he was normal. He still takes medication, but you know what? No more aggressive incidents.

This stuff is one of the things I hate about Japan. Nobody will do anything about this guy until he hurts or kills someone. Personally, I’d be tempted to very quietly and convincingly tell him I will kill him if he doesn’t stay away from　my family and me. He’ll have a heck of a time getting anyone to believe you said that, and they’ll just think he’s getting even crazier.

Above all, just move.

Also, I agree that after all that and he’s still raising a ruckus, it’s time to move elsewhere.

Having your landlord pay for your new key money and gift money is sweet icing on the cake!

If I’ve left with learning anything from this story, it’s that no matter where you go, an asshole is always right behind you (or in this case, below you, haha).

While I doubt that it is unlikely to ever rally come to a physical issue just for peace of mind for yourself and family it might be best to move.

On an aside, if you are planning on staying a while buying a new place is probably a good move, if you choose location well. There are low interest rates, the government is giving incentives on buying new places and lots of buildings are having trouble selling in the current conditions and offering good discounts.

The guy in the building across from me smokes outside his front door twitching and yammering away to himself.

When Im not there he can be seen”hurling imaginary grandades / baseballs”, “swishes his imaginary baseball bat / sword” or”performs hamlet”…

Asked some neighbours about why he just doesnt use his balcony, apparently hes not allowed to cos he upsets his neighbours behind him, so he uses his front genkan area.

Anyone venturing out onto a balcony on our building and it excites him and he starts dancing about, shouting, getting more animated.As a result all folks in my building dont use their balconys.

I invested in a small seat so im out of vision when smoking on the balcony, but hes there almost 24/7 has a family too, very strange.

Guess theres fruit loops no matter where you go.Tho would be better if mental health awareness was on the up and people liek him would go seek the medical attention they need.