I wonder how often this happens to foreigners or to native Japanese...
I arrived into Japan today.
I was in Narita airport after i cleared security and customs. First, I make a call to my family on Skype to let them know I arrived.
Next, I went to the SoftBank counter to rent a cell phone. Then I sit on a bench in front of the store.
Five minutes later, two Japanese officers (very nice guys) jog to where I'm sitting and question me on my trip, and say they are with the security at the airport. They take down my name, all my passport information and my japanese mobile #, and where I'm staying, but don't answer why they are doing so. They then leave, again nicely.
Anyone know what all this might be about? I'm about as average a guy as it gets, so I didn't think I'd done anything to bring attention to myself...
I arrived into Japan today.
I was in Narita airport after i cleared security and customs. First, I make a call to my family on Skype to let them know I arrived.
Next, I went to the SoftBank counter to rent a cell phone. Then I sit on a bench in front of the store.
Five minutes later, two Japanese officers (very nice guys) jog to where I'm sitting and question me on my trip, and say they are with the security at the airport. They take down my name, all my passport information and my japanese mobile #, and where I'm staying, but don't answer why they are doing so. They then leave, again nicely.
Anyone know what all this might be about? I'm about as average a guy as it gets, so I didn't think I'd done anything to bring attention to myself...
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this may have something to do with what happend to you , it may have nothig to do with what happend to you........just thought Id share. hope it gives you an idea.
a while back, my girlfriend stayed in Thailand and India for a few months and then came back to Japan.............she was pulled over, taken to a room, and they took apart all her shit, just cuz they thought that she might have weed on her. from what she told me, alotta japanese ppl go to these countries and get stoned outa their minds......and are dumb enough to try to get it thru the airport. so, if youre from a country known to be leanient about these things, and if you look like you might enjoy a blunt from their point of view( no ofence, I think theres nothing wrong with that
) it seems that is one reason they talk to ppl.
maybe you just looked in the wrong derection man, who knows.
most of that shit is just to see how you can keep your cool when they come and talk to you.
it may have to do with the country you came from
it may have to do with how you were dressed.
maybe they got a tip from someone sayin there was gonna be a dude comeing thru, and you just happened to be wearing the same hoodie
whatever it was, hope it doesnt give you anymore problems.
a while back, my girlfriend stayed in Thailand and India for a few months and then came back to Japan.............she was pulled over, taken to a room, and they took apart all her shit, just cuz they thought that she might have weed on her. from what she told me, alotta japanese ppl go to these countries and get stoned outa their minds......and are dumb enough to try to get it thru the airport. so, if youre from a country known to be leanient about these things, and if you look like you might enjoy a blunt from their point of view( no ofence, I think theres nothing wrong with that
) it seems that is one reason they talk to ppl.
maybe you just looked in the wrong derection man, who knows.
most of that shit is just to see how you can keep your cool when they come and talk to you.
it may have to do with the country you came from
it may have to do with how you were dressed.
maybe they got a tip from someone sayin there was gonna be a dude comeing thru, and you just happened to be wearing the same hoodie
whatever it was, hope it doesnt give you anymore problems.
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So far as I know, non-citizens inside Japan are required to carry identification at all times - either a passport or a gaijin card, and show it to police if they ask. No idea what the penalty might be for failing to do so.
The time I was stopped, I was on my way into work, at like 9am, outside a posh office building in a ritzy business district. Those Tokyo cops really know where to go looking for illegal aliens...
So far as I know, non-citizens inside Japan are required to carry identification at all times - either a passport or a gaijin card, and show it to police if they ask. No idea what the penalty might be for failing to do so.
The time I was stopped, I was on my way into work, at like 9am, outside a posh office building in a ritzy business district. Those Tokyo cops really know where to go looking for illegal aliens...
Wow!
I've never had that happen to me in Japan. I carried around my passport purposely because I was warned they may randomly want to stop me, but I wasn't bothered whatsoever. lol! I was afraid because I thought somebody might steal my passport, I carried it around so much.
Going back to Japan in January, so we'll see what happens!
I've never had that happen to me in Japan. I carried around my passport purposely because I was warned they may randomly want to stop me, but I wasn't bothered whatsoever. lol! I was afraid because I thought somebody might steal my passport, I carried it around so much.
Going back to Japan in January, so we'll see what happens!
Wow, I've lived here for just over 7 years now, and have never been stopped or questioned once. I ride my bike all the time and have never been stopped, even after I bought a bike online, and went to the Koban to ask where I could get a registration sticker, they didn't even question me. One time a crazy lady on the street just started yelling at me in front of the station, so I went over to the police box to get some help, and they never asked me for one piece of identification or information. Am I just lucky?
Anyways, if you're looking for information on what to do if you get questioned by the police, try here:
http://www.debito.org/whattodoif.html#checkpoint
If you are asked for your gaijin card:
http://www.debito.org/whattodoif.html#gaijincard
Anyways, if you're looking for information on what to do if you get questioned by the police, try here:
http://www.debito.org/whattodoif.html#checkpoint
If you are asked for your gaijin card:
http://www.debito.org/whattodoif.html#gaijincard
fenomas (#9)
>> So far as I know, non-citizens inside Japan are required to carry
>> identification at all times - either a passport or a gaijin card,
>> and show it to police if they ask
I wouldn't be surprised if that was in fact the law in Japan. What I wonder is how the police will identify the possible law breakers? If they ask you simply because you "look like" a foreigner, then wouldn't that be racial profiling?
>> So far as I know, non-citizens inside Japan are required to carry
>> identification at all times - either a passport or a gaijin card,
>> and show it to police if they ask
I wouldn't be surprised if that was in fact the law in Japan. What I wonder is how the police will identify the possible law breakers? If they ask you simply because you "look like" a foreigner, then wouldn't that be racial profiling?
I don`t mind being stopped just to show my ID card. They can always say that there is a reason for stopping you that is classified. We don`t have a need to know everything they are dealing with on a certain day. I want them to catch the bad guys so I am willing to show proof that I am "not" the enemy. I will supply them with valid paperwork. I will even allow them to check my bag or brief case. But I am against piss tests! and body searches! for no obvious reasons. If you have proper documentation that should be the end of the problem. I get hassled just as much in the states as I do here. There are a lot of bad people out there so I guess we should be happy the cops are doing their jobs. But if they over step their bounds we have to call them on it.
I've lived in Osaka almost 10 years and the only time I've been stopped by the cops was when I had someone on the back of my bicycle ... OK, that's fair enough ... it's against the law ... they cops were perfectly civil with me, checked my bike registration and sent me on my way with a caution. I have *never* been asked for my foreigner card by a cop.
Bear in mind that cops in any country will presume that you don't know your rights and will take advantage of that.
The bottom line, whatever country you live in, is know your rights. If you can't be bothered to do that then take the consequences. Either that, or pretend you can't speak any Japanese and hope that they'll lose interest.
Bear in mind that cops in any country will presume that you don't know your rights and will take advantage of that.
The bottom line, whatever country you live in, is know your rights. If you can't be bothered to do that then take the consequences. Either that, or pretend you can't speak any Japanese and hope that they'll lose interest.
I did get stopped once when riding a bike. They seemed quite interested that I had bought my bike after only having lived here for 2 months. wtf do they think? We come here with no money. They were polite and within their rights to check my gaijin card.
The police may have been curious about the OP because he spent so long in the airport? Usually people move along quickly after arriving. Or it was a slow day? Or some obasan panicked when she saw a gaijin sitting on the bench and complained to the police. Or there was a sword carrying Japanese supremacist following him (gawd that story seems like a freaky predicament)
The police may have been curious about the OP because he spent so long in the airport? Usually people move along quickly after arriving. Or it was a slow day? Or some obasan panicked when she saw a gaijin sitting on the bench and complained to the police. Or there was a sword carrying Japanese supremacist following him (gawd that story seems like a freaky predicament)
In the 3 years I lived in Japan I was stopped twice while living in two different cities.
The first time happened while I was living in Saitama on a rainy Saturday night. I was walking to the train station since I was meeting a friend in Tokyo. I guess I must've looked like a "thug" in my jeans, sneakers and bandanna and they stopped me. I was wearing the bandanna to keep my hair from getting wet...it was drizzling so I didn't really need an umbrella, and the banadanna has little pink flowers all over it. Anyway two old cops stopped me, proceeded to ask me for my ID and then decided this wasn't enough. They asked me questions about why I was there, where I was going, and what not. As if that wasn't enough, I actually had to call my boss to verify to them that I was legal in Japan. My boss is a feisty old lady and she went off on them for bothering me.
I didn't understand why I was stopped anyway since I'd been living there for a year and walked past TWO koban everyday to get to work and/or the train stations. My boss even called some of my coworkers and they just kinda comforted me the next day.
The second time happened while I was living in Tokyo and was heading to work. Actually the cop scared the hell outta me because I was again walking to the station and I just happened to hear a somewhat quiet "sumimasen" behind me. Was totally different from my previous experience because he just asked to see my card, then apologized for bothering me and walked away. In fact I never actually stopped walking. Hey now I'm starting to wonder if that guy was even a cop?
The first time happened while I was living in Saitama on a rainy Saturday night. I was walking to the train station since I was meeting a friend in Tokyo. I guess I must've looked like a "thug" in my jeans, sneakers and bandanna and they stopped me. I was wearing the bandanna to keep my hair from getting wet...it was drizzling so I didn't really need an umbrella, and the banadanna has little pink flowers all over it. Anyway two old cops stopped me, proceeded to ask me for my ID and then decided this wasn't enough. They asked me questions about why I was there, where I was going, and what not. As if that wasn't enough, I actually had to call my boss to verify to them that I was legal in Japan. My boss is a feisty old lady and she went off on them for bothering me.
I didn't understand why I was stopped anyway since I'd been living there for a year and walked past TWO koban everyday to get to work and/or the train stations. My boss even called some of my coworkers and they just kinda comforted me the next day.
The second time happened while I was living in Tokyo and was heading to work. Actually the cop scared the hell outta me because I was again walking to the station and I just happened to hear a somewhat quiet "sumimasen" behind me. Was totally different from my previous experience because he just asked to see my card, then apologized for bothering me and walked away. In fact I never actually stopped walking. Hey now I'm starting to wonder if that guy was even a cop?
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