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I was certain I’d find an April 1st publication date but holy cow that’s real. What a waste of public resources.

anigbrowl 3y ago
Japan takes theft seriously; you can go to prison for stealing small change, or lose your job for cheating at self-service coffee. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-man-jailed-10-yen-theft-115917759.html https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-man-jailed-10-yen-theft-1159... https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/school-principal-in-japan-fired-for-coffee-theft-denied-retirement-pay https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/school-principal... It's severe, but I don't know what degree it's a waste of public resources. People like the rock-bottom crime rate. On the other hand, word is that Japanese police are not great at investigating more well-planned crime. A trend has emerged in recent years of professional criminals basing themselves abroad and using social media to recruit naïve/disaffected people for the manual labor part.
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- Dylan16807 3y ago
  You can be very strict at punishing theft without having a very expansive definition of theft.
  - anigbrowl 3y ago
    This isn't defined as theft; my comment is to point out that Japan throws resources at policing/prosecuting violations on principle rather than scale of the injury. They are deontologists rather than utilitarians. Selling cheat devices/services is treated as a kind of unlawful commerce, because Ruining It For Everybody is socially unacceptable there.
    - spxneo 3y ago
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      - Dalewyn 3y ago
        You need to find a better "AI" to generate your racism. You're equal parts racist and just nonsense; nobody says "nihonjins".
        rjh29 3y ago
        It's a thing that this poster does - unnecessarily using Japanese words in italics rather than their English equivalents.
      - anigbrowl 3y ago
        Corruption is indeed a problem, from corporate actors like Bigmotor or Daihatsu to the LDP, which is the midst of multiple scandals right now.
dilawar 3y ago
Or just police is bored because crime rate is low? They may have quota to fill to justify their job?!

Japan takes theft seriously; you can go to prison for stealing small change, or lose your job for cheating at self-service coffee. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-man-jailed-10-yen-theft-115917759.html https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-man-jailed-10-yen-theft-1159... https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/school-principal-in-japan-fired-for-coffee-theft-denied-retirement-pay https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/school-principal... It's severe, but I don't know what degree it's a waste of public resources. People like the rock-bottom crime rate. On the other hand, word is that Japanese police are not great at investigating more well-planned crime. A trend has emerged in recent years of professional criminals basing themselves abroad and using social media to recruit naïve/disaffected people for the manual labor part.

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Dylan16807 3y ago
You can be very strict at punishing theft without having a very expansive definition of theft.
- anigbrowl 3y ago
  This isn't defined as theft; my comment is to point out that Japan throws resources at policing/prosecuting violations on principle rather than scale of the injury. They are deontologists rather than utilitarians. Selling cheat devices/services is treated as a kind of unlawful commerce, because Ruining It For Everybody is socially unacceptable there.
  - spxneo 3y ago
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    - Dalewyn 3y ago
      You need to find a better "AI" to generate your racism. You're equal parts racist and just nonsense; nobody says "nihonjins".
      - rjh29 3y ago
        It's a thing that this poster does - unnecessarily using Japanese words in italics rather than their English equivalents.
    - anigbrowl 3y ago
      Corruption is indeed a problem, from corporate actors like Bigmotor or Daihatsu to the LDP, which is the midst of multiple scandals right now.

dilawar 3y ago

Or just police is bored because crime rate is low? They may have quota to fill to justify their job?!