An announcement I heard recently at a major station was made in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. The station staff suggested that local passengers should

An announcement I heard recently at a major station was made in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. The station staff suggested that local passengers should feel free to offer assistance to any tourists who appear to need help. I felt crowd-sourcing passenger support is a good approach. The number of tourists in Tokyo is increasing considerably, but people in Japan often need prior affirmation that their behaviour would be socially acceptable.