Comments on: Prison in Japan: Part 1 “The Taxi Ride”

By: JF

JF — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:29:40 +0000

Akin, tensigh, etc- you’re fucking retards. You’re like those Muslims who blame women for getting raped. Japan’s system is bullshit. It is a case of guilty until proven … guilty but sorry. If you’re a foreigner who has done nothing wrong but a jap accuses you of something – you will spend 10 days in jail. ESPECIALLY if you’re innocent. Because if you’re guilty maybe you’ll apologize and pay the bribe right away. But if you’re innocent you’ll argue against the charge and they’ll lock you up for 10+ days while they investigate your case. Japanese people are a bunch of racist, xenophobic cunts and their country will continue it’s downward spiral because of their close-minded, bullshit ways. Fuck japan and good riddance.

By: Akim

Akim — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:25:07 +0000

What a fucking moron, deserves everything he got, he could have killed that man, being drunk is no excuse, fucking idiot.

By: Corie

Corie — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:16:52 +0000

EDIT: Okay, lawyer is his own idiocy but having the first translator for the police be horrible is equivalent.

By: Corie

Corie — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:49:24 +0000

Ummmm… I think the people saying everyone’s missing the point and the point is ‘George’ was being an idiot are the ones actually missing the point….
It doesn’t matter whether or not ‘George’ did anything wrong himself, which he admits he did. The point -is- how an advanced society like Japan has such a horrible system in place. With the way this is all set up, someone COMPLETELY innocent can be put in jail for 23 days without even a charge presented to them. And that lawyer that doesn’t speak english… So many human rights being broken, I don’t even!
And the people who say he ‘deserved it anyway’ really tick me off. That’s not how the legal system is supposed to work! Even a murderer deserves fair legal representation because he’s not legally a murderer until he’s proven as one: Innocent until proven guilty! The law must protect -everyone- equally until they are -proven- guilty! That’s how civilized countries are -supposed- to do it.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:37:55 +0000

Great informative story

Remember you NEVER want to get into ANY trouble when visiting another country, you may think america is free but they can throw u into a rusty jailcell and keep u for months like that if they think you are doing something illegal in that country

By: Osaka prosecutor pleads guilty to tampering with evidence | Foreign Policy Blogs

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:32:36 +0000

[...] a disturbing, first-hand account of the Japanese legal system, see this account by an Englishman going by George (not his real name). George spent 23 days in jail and had to pay 2.1 million yen in fees and [...]

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Osaka prosecutor pleads guilty of tampering with evidence | Japan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:24:56 +0000

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:44:00 +0000

Matt, your opinion of Japan is what’s backwards.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:47:25 +0000

What a thoroughly backwards country Japan is..

And John, big man in the big house, doesn’t make you a gangster in Japan, just another outside person not playing by the absurd rules of this godforsaken country..

By: George

George — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:48:59 +0000

It is not fiction. Only the names have been changed. (First time for me to take a look at comments in more than a year!!)