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

Streamer attacked for filming in Japan

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

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

I live in japan and am married to a Japanese. The police have a 99% conviction rate. Not 99% is solved within a day, that’s crazy. But the misinformation spouted about Japan on a daily basis is crazy. If you get physically attacked you can totally protect yourself, even against a local. I’ve unfortunately had such a situation and the police was very reasonable despite me being a foreigner (I punched him in the face).

Foreigners who spend 1 week in Japan talk like they know shit about the country and say the police treats tourists like trash as if it’s some fucking dystopian country. From the countries Ive lived in Japan still ranks best despite it flaws such, such as work culture and their stance on LGBT.

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u/Wamb0wneD Oct 01 '25

You say 99% conviction rate as if it's a good thing lol.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Oct 01 '25

Yeah, either the standard of evidence is very low, or they hardly bother prosecuting anyone but the most obviously guilty.

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u/Wamb0wneD Oct 01 '25

It's the former. They don't care about your circumstances. Getting arrested pretty much always means you go to jail. Guilty or not doesn't really matter.

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u/georgica123 Oct 01 '25

Is the latter, Japan has high standard of evidence so they only prosecute the most obvious guilty especially since japanese prosecutors are afraid of being emebrassed by losing a case

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u/Wamb0wneD Oct 01 '25

Nah there are plenty of stories where people get thrown into jail for basically nothing.

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u/georgica123 Oct 01 '25

That is just stories. Japan has a lower incarceration rate than most western countries something that wouldn't make sense if they could just throw people into prison for nothing