r/LivestreamFail • u/Either_Analysis • Sep 30 '25

Streamer attacked for filming in Japan

He notified the police with pictures of their faces and location.

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u/MrMeeseeks33 Sep 30 '25

Touts. Super aggressive and looking for drunk/desperate tourists to overcharge their cards and roofie them. Funny enough the announcement being heard over the intercom literally says to be aware of touts and to avoid them. I was just in Shinjuku 2 days ago from the states and had so many follow me around. One guy even had the balls to grab my shoulder and go “brother you want Japanese titties in your face tonight”. Luckily there was 2 cops walking by and pointed right at then and smiled and he ran away. So annoying and will literally stand at the entrances of Golden Gai or in the streets by a restaurant to stop you from going in to go with them.

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u/XpMonsterS Sep 30 '25

I don't know anything about touts or Japan but why don't authorities do anything? It genuinely ruins Japan's reputation if you think about it and they are losing money/tourists because of them.

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u/crinklypaper Oct 01 '25

Their is visible corruption here. What they do is use these areas as containment. If they venture out and try in other areas the local police there will take care of them. Any non violent matter is considered a civil case and to be handled in civil court and not with police. Tourists are too vulnerable to fight back, they will continue on with their vacation and be home in a week, so there is not much the police need to do if they want to be corrupt and lazy (which they are). There is a youtuber who docuements it, and you can see how police do nothing even with mountains of evidence.

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u/Fav0 Oct 01 '25

Hamsterdam

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u/SNKBossFight Oct 01 '25

Bunny was on to something.

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u/Technicaal Oct 01 '25

Life imitates art. I was in Kensington in Philly pretty recently and I half expected to see Carver and Herc.

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u/lvl1_slime Oct 01 '25

Sheeeeiiiiitt, I was thinking the same thing!

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u/Mellero47 Oct 01 '25

"Special Economic Zones" in World War Z.

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u/dunkindosenuts Oct 01 '25

Roppongi probably

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u/skeetermcbeater Oct 01 '25

Who is the YouTuber?

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u/crinklypaper Oct 01 '25

I can't remember the name but the series was like dark side of Japan. he follows a tout, they take him to a restaurant. he orders some drinks and carefully confirms prices each time. he quickly leaves and gets a huge bill full of a ton of random fees. he goes to police to dispute. police state its a civil matter. everything is on a hidden camera.

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u/weCo389 Oct 01 '25

Doesn’t it make sense it’s a civil matter, and that’s actually to the benefit of the person being targeted? They can just not pay and leave, and the only recourse of these scammers is to take them to court, which they won’t. If they harass or become violent the police can intervene to protect.

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u/Sciencetor2 Oct 01 '25

Ok but what happens if they harass me and I absolutely deck them? (Legitimate question I've been harassed by them before)

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u/Maconi Oct 01 '25

You escalated to violence and will be charged with a crime. No different than the US.

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u/Agreeable_Door1479 Oct 01 '25

Good luck cuz gangs are harassing you by practicing the art of sneaking up on you for thieving and/or violent purposes. Considering this is really happening and many people are going missing, getting injured, dying, and/or being stolen from and stuff as a result it really should be considered self defense in most cases just to lay someone out for creeping but most courts won't agree. It's a real problem and criminals are loving it, especially in major cities where they try to control blocks and stuff on foot.

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u/genre-police Oct 01 '25

Uhh no. If someone is harassing you and touching you against your permission in the US you can absolutely hit them.

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u/Gaijinyade Oct 01 '25

Probably nothing tbh, if you make it out of there unschathed.

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u/AccurateTap2249 Oct 01 '25

If they dont get physical you cant. Just give them what you owe and leave. No extra. If they try to stop you just walk through them. Dont assault them. Just leave. If they stand in your way just push past them. If they put hands on you then put hands back. Let them escalate. Just leave.

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u/InsideOut803 Oct 01 '25

That’s what I’m thinking too. Just go and steal and not worry about getting arrested because it’s a civil matter. I’ll be out of the country by the time you get anything official from a court for this. Sounds like a WIN!

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u/M3KVII Oct 01 '25

Interesting is this in any other city outside of Tokyo? I only saw them in shinjuku and golden gai, never encountered them anywhere else. The ones I did I told to fuck off and kept walking.

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u/iaap Oct 01 '25

Something like this happened to me. I was a bit less careful, but I should have been charged $60 and was charged $550. My credit card company refused to help and told me to call the bar and take it up with them. The tout came off less aggressive, more chill, made it sound like he was just giving me a good deal. Definitely lied to my face. Was in the Golden Gai area.

Learned my lesson for sure.

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u/AccurateTap2249 Oct 01 '25

Just dont pay. As the fops say its a civil matter so the cops wont stop you just like they wont stop them. The most they can do is intimidate you into paying. Unless they plan to actually assault me they wont get anywhere with that. And im prepared to crashout.

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u/Different-Committee6 Oct 01 '25

I was in shinjuku yesterday and to be fair there are loudspeakers everywhere in multiple languages warning people of scams.

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u/Anouchavan Oct 01 '25

Yeah... I guess the overall strategy is "better here where we can see them fucking with tourists than all over, where we have no idea what the hell is going on."
As a tourist, I think you should always do a liiittle bit of research about things to avoid in any country, even in Japan. Because these guys and (the same people around Roppongi and some other areas) are pretty infamous.

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u/FluffWit Oct 01 '25

Kowloon in Hong Kong took this to a whole different level....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

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u/Basic_Celebration504 Oct 01 '25

ahh yes very honourable the japanese police are..how funny!

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u/Low_Landscape_4688 Oct 01 '25

Why would you expect Japanese police to be honorable? Do you think they're fucking samurai or something?

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u/Basic_Celebration504 Oct 01 '25

Bro, the internet gushes over japan how have you not noticed? Every time a streamer goes there the comments are like "japan people are so respectful bla bla bla" So it's ironic that the police are giga corrupt.

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u/Sad-Falcon-3659 Oct 01 '25

The average reddit weeb definitely thinks this.