The police and Crime in Japan

Japan is famous for the safety in its roads at night. Even at night people used to travel without fear. Recently due to the fear of terrorism, Japanese people look at foreigners especially those from Pakistan, Bangaladesh, Middle east asian countries, India, Srilanka with suspicious eyes. Police checking the foreigners details has become a common phenomena now a days. I was told by my well wishers to avoid travel alone at night due these developments.

One day along with my friend I was returning from Akihabara to Kiba. At the railway station, two people blocked us and showed their identity card and told in Japanese that they are police. They told us to co-operate with them to show our Alien registration card. We showed our card and police checked for details and were allowed to go. Police had taken utmost care not to embarass us in the crowd. Even in the crowdy Akihabara, nobody could notice that we were being verified by police authorities. This is the beauty I like with Japan. They check, they verify, but take care not to harass you.

Eventhough crime rate is less in Japan, there are many gangsters involved in organized crime. Gangsters are known as Yakuza in Japanese.