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How safe is Japan? New interactive map reveals reports of crime around the country

Oona McGee
Mar 9, 2018
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Now you can find out if there are any upskirt photographers, bag-snatchers, swindlers, or burglars in your area.

Japan
(chikan • crime • criminals • maps • police • safety)

Tokyo taking a stand on walking up and down escalators

Master Blaster
Dec 1, 2017

But are people willing to undo the long-running social custom of only standing on one side of an escalator?

Japan
(2020 Paralympics • custom • escalator • safety • standing • Tokyo)

Tokyo disaster tip: How to make a diaper with just two items you have in your home

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2017

Disaster preparedness team’s tip could save your nostrils.

Japan
(babies • clever • cool • diapers • disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • lifehack • safety • typhoons)

Japanese custom of bowing to cars at crosswalks keeps locals safe, warms Internet’s hearts【Video】

Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2017

Even people born and raised in famously polite Japan are amazed by Iwate Prefecture’s manners.

Japan
(bowing • cars • cool • culture • manners • moving • safety • society • touching • video)

“Pathway that will kill people who walk while using a smartphone” discovered in Japan

Casey Baseel
May 3, 2017

If you’re in this part of Nagoya, make sure you watch your step, not your screen.

Japan
(crazy • dangerous • funny • safety • Smartphones)

Tokyo police department’s disaster safety tip: How to make a lantern using a bottle of water

Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2017

Bright idea could keep you safe if an earthquake or typhoon leaves you without electricity.

Japan
(disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • flashlight • safety • typhoons • water bottle)

New Japanese app bribes you with free coffee for putting down your smartphone when driving 【Vid】

Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2016

If you’d like more coffee and fewer traffic accidents in your life, this safe driving app is for you.

Japan
(accidents • apps • cars • clever • coffee • driving • freebies • safety • Smartphones • TOYOTA)

Chilling Japanese bullet train photo shows crew member with his feet up while driving

Casey Baseel
Sep 10, 2016

Yes, Japan’s Shinkansen is an amazingly stress-free way to get around the country, but that doesn’t mean the driver should be this relaxed.

Japan
(bullet trains • safety • scandal • scary • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Tokyo may soon require bicyclists to strap on a helmet before getting on the road

Casey Baseel
Jun 24, 2016

After 11,000 bike accidents last year, the Tokyo metropolitan government is considering new safety regulations.

Japan
(bicycles • law • safety • Tokyo • transportation)

Almost half of Japanese people hide when their doorbell rings — here’s why

Evie Nyan
May 12, 2016

Are people in Japan becoming more wary in their own homes?

Culture, Japan
(genkan • home security • Japanese society • NHK • safety)

“Safety” voted Japan’s official kanji of 2015

KK Miller
Dec 24, 2015

After a year of taxes and a previous year of rings, “safety” is the word that resonates true in the hearts of Japanese in 2015.

Japan
(2015 • kanji • kanji of the year • safety)

China’s Dynasty Warriors are here to remind Yokohama commuters how to behave

Master Blaster
Nov 21, 2015

If you take a seat on the Yokohama subway next month don’t be surprised if a warlord from China’s Three Kingdoms period advises you on proper public transport behavior.

Wei leader Cao Cao showing you how to give up your seat, or legendary warrior Lu Bu advising you not to run onto trains are but two of the nine posters recently previewed online. Let’s take a look at them all!

China, Japan
(Cao Cao • Dynasty Warriors • guan yu • history • Koei Tecmo • Lu Bu • romance of the three kingdoms • safety • Three Kingdoms • Yokohama)

10 factors that make Japan a safe country

Amy Chavez
Nov 17, 2015

We’ve all heard about how safe Japan is. But unless you live here, you may not understand why Japan is considered so safe. The uninitiated may presume that safety is enforced through a rigid society that doesn’t allow freedom of expression, that Japanese people are too worried about losing face to commit a crime, or that the government comes down unnecessarily hard on people who step out of line. In reality, none of these rings true.

But we can’t deny that there’s one thing that Japan does better than anyone else. Join us after the jump for some insights and our own observations.

Japan
(crime • Crime-prevention • Drugs • Japan • safety • zero tolerance)

Crazy-looking car is basically one giant airbag, will appear at Tokyo Motor Show next week

Mike
Oct 24, 2015

If you saw this car on the street, you’d half expect a comically large number of clowns to come piling out of it. But it turns out despite its Looney Tunes-esque look, there’s a noble—if somewhat bizarre—concept behind this new car from Toyoda Gosei.

This is the “Flesby,” a new concept car that Toyoda Gosei will display at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show next week, with the “concept” being essentially that the entire outer body of the car is one gigantic airbag. Let’s take a look.

Japan
(cars • innovations • safety • technology • Tokyo Motor Show • Toyoda Gosei)

Top 10 things even Japanese people think they’re too obsessive about

Scott Wilson
Oct 1, 2015

It’s no exaggeration to say that Japan is pretty obsessive when it comes to societal safety and manners. Japanese people often go to ridiculous/disgusting lengths to stay safe and to make sure that visitors are aware of all the unspoken rules that permeate throughout the country.

But sometimes it’s all just too much, even for the native Japanese themselves. So we present to you a list of the top 10 things that even Japanese people think they’re too obsessive over. Are you just as paranoid as they are, or would you be considered a carefree spirit in Japan? Read on to find out!

Japan
(culture • hygiene • japanese manners • manners • safety • society)

Samsung prototype ‘Safety Truck’ uses all-weather screens to make driving safer, maybe

Jessica
Jun 24, 2015

If you’re a driver, chances are at some point you’ve been behind a slow-moving truck or semi-trailer, trying to overtake but unable to see if there is traffic coming in the opposite direction. This can be frustrating, but it can also be deadly if you pull around at the wrong moment.

South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung may have found a solution to this problem with their prototype Safety Truck, however. It uses a wireless camera and outdoor screens to give drivers following the trucks a view around them.

Korea, S America
(driving • safety • Samsung • technology)

14 things never to do on a bicycle in Japan with new traffic laws

Scott Wilson
Jun 4, 2015

There’s no shortage of people doing out of the ordinary things on bikes in Japan. It’s not uncommon to see people riding while holding umbrellas, having their whole bikes covered in a parka, using a walking bicycle, or even a bicycle specifically made for wearing a kimono.

But the golden era of crazy Japan cycling may have come to an end. As of June 2015, a set of 14 laws have been passed nationwide to enforce safe and correct use of bicycles. If you plan on riding a two-wheeled foot-powered vehicle in Japan, then you may want to check them over to make sure that you don’t end up having to pay a hefty fine.

Japan
(bicycles • bikes • safety • traffic laws • traffic safety)

Shin-Koiwa Station is going all out to prevent human injury and death

KK Miller
May 22, 2015

Delays on a train are annoying but inevitable, since with such a massive transit system in Japan, not everything is going to work 100 percent of the time. No one wants to see the words “train delay” on the information screen at the station, but even more so, no one wants to see the reason for the delays attributed to “human accidents,” the catch-all term Japan uses when people are found on the tracks while the trains are running.

An unfortunately common station for such accidents is implementing a number of changes in order to curb the rise of these incidents. It’s not just barriers and fences, prevention can start with you! So join us after the jump to see what sort of changes are being made to Shin-Koiwa Station.

Japan
(safety • Shin-Koiwa Station • Suicide prevention • trains • transportation)

Little kid falls out of third-story window and walks it off – Is this Wolverine’s son?!

Preston Phro
Feb 23, 2015

When we think of superheroes or other magical beings with fast-healing abilities, we rarely think of children. But if you’ve seen a toddler fall, smack itself in the face, cry for a few seconds, and then run off giggling, you might realize that we’re looking for our superpowered guardians in the wrong age groups.

Of course, that’s not to say that children aren’t vulnerable to all sorts of injury, and we most definitely need to be careful with them! It’s just that they seem to have a strange resiliency that’s somewhat rare in adult humans. Take, for example, this three-year-old who fell out of a window last week, hit a parked car, and then just walked the whole thing off!

China
(amazing • children • China • danger • safety • video)

Fear of food produced in China continues as new report claims at least 48% of it will make you sick

Evie Nyan
Jan 21, 2015

When we think of Chinese food in the West, we usually picture boxes of delicious takeout that are perfect for a mid-movie marathon feeding frenzy, and even better for breakfast the next day. Sure, over-consumption might lead to intense MSG-related headaches and general feelings of bloatedness and guilt, but in general we don’t really think of Chinese food as something that’s likely to kill us. But then again, maybe it’s because we don’t import tons of frozen foodstuffs from China like they do in Japan, where fear of Chinese-produced food is an ever-present topic that regularly pops up to scare the beejeezus out of people and ruin their enjoyment of chicken nuggets forever.

But is there anything to fear, or have people just got their knickers in a twist over nothing? Well, a shocking new report claims that up to 48 percent of ALL the food China produces for export contains stuff that’s almost guaranteed to make you sick. Yikes.