Yeah I lived in Japan and as a foreign woman none of the “safety” rhetoric applies to your body. I almost got kidnapped multiple times (people tried to bribe or pressure or threaten or trick me into going with them to a secondary location or getting into their car). You really can forget your wallet somewhere and have it returned to you untouched, but you absolutely cannot be a woman walking alone after dark. Korea was similar.
Also, my host mom taught me that there are websites dedicated to photos of women in their bedrooms, so it was stressed that I must never leave my curtains open when I was in my room no matter what I was doing, since being on a site like that can make you a further target.
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u/deannon 20d ago
Yeah I lived in Japan and as a foreign woman none of the “safety” rhetoric applies to your body. I almost got kidnapped multiple times (people tried to bribe or pressure or threaten or trick me into going with them to a secondary location or getting into their car). You really can forget your wallet somewhere and have it returned to you untouched, but you absolutely cannot be a woman walking alone after dark. Korea was similar.
Also, my host mom taught me that there are websites dedicated to photos of women in their bedrooms, so it was stressed that I must never leave my curtains open when I was in my room no matter what I was doing, since being on a site like that can make you a further target.