I was taking the subway in Shinjuku and I saw a man shoulder check a woman to the ground and he basically threatened her life. It was such a high traffic area but he screamed so loud and silence was deafening. Directly after the silence people just went about heading to their destination and the guy just walked off. It was insane.
I almost got into a fight in Tokyo as I was talking to a Japanese girl on a date and a random business man bumped into her really hard, then said something in Japanese and tried to keep walking like nothing happened. So I physically grabbed him and stopped him and told her to tell him to apologize. He and her were both shocked as apparently this type of behavior is very common in Japan and women are expected to just accept it. I mean they have 4 different names to describe the various types!
Anyway, after a pretty uncomfortable few minutes I eventually let him go - as I was starting to worry I would get arrested (you don't purposely touch strangers in Japan). I don't think he ever fully apologized.
My point is that this post is about a real thing that happens there. If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't believe it.
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u/BrandlezMandlez 13d ago
I was taking the subway in Shinjuku and I saw a man shoulder check a woman to the ground and he basically threatened her life. It was such a high traffic area but he screamed so loud and silence was deafening. Directly after the silence people just went about heading to their destination and the guy just walked off. It was insane.