Why Japanese Police Target Foreigners
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2023
- This is a short version of one of the topics from my "This is why Japan is Dangerous" video, be sure to check out the full video. In this one I talk about why in Japan, the Japanese cops target foreigners and search them on the street.
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In Mexico is the same except the cops won't return your wallet 😂
Can confirm.
Yep... F'ing pigs (because CZcams didn't like my original comment saying it in spanish)
@FBsmooth nah, they ARE cops, ACAB, some just happen to be friends with csrtels or work for them, but all sre b@stards
@FBsmooththere’s a difference?
@@sentient_trashyes
Foreigner: Why did you stop me?
Japanese police: I was bored.
Borde and Japanese are top tir racist just ask China or Korea
@@robertchapman7451Japan and Korea have always hated each other
@@robertchapman7451Japan is still not as racist as Korea (especially South Korea) tho. from SEA people perspective btw.
Nice
@@abednego_1254 well that's true, it's still bad tho
This happened to me in Japan, police woman was very friendly and even gave me good restaurant recommendations.
😂 happened to my father as well
US Embassy in Japan was actually very angry about it in 2020. They even recommended tourists to be cautious of arbitrary searches, and said it is not lawful.
It's like one of those Brazzer skits 😏
@@arycorvette884 bro 💀
"...and this is how I met your mother."
I lived in Japan for 3 years. Never happened to me. Most of the time I would say hello to the officers as I was passing. Very friendly and always had grace.
The police in singapore will never stop anyone esp foreigners on the street cos they got better things to do such as making videos on Tiktok😂🤭Singapore is even safer than Japan. I remember I once reported a couple fighting on the street as the guy seemed to be hitting the gal. Then 6 policemen showed up within 5 mins!!OMG!!6 of them!!😂
Just don't be Johnny Somali
Step 1: move to Japan
Step 2: enter the police force
Step 3: 💤
this is why your country is full of criminals running around.
Norwegian Police: Hold my spare time..
U need to me like native level tho
@@radenakbaryeap they did the same on utoya isl.
@@radenakbaryeap they did the same on utoya isl.
Tourist: Don't you have anything better to do, like stop an actual crime?
Japanese officer: What crime?
Tourist: The ones that aren't being reported/investigated/prosecuted/pursued. So a lot of them!
Jokes aside Japan still has a relatively low ammount of violent crimes. But not "what crime?".
Japan actually has a fair amount of crime. Maybe not much violent crime but things like fraud etc. are rife. Japan's crime rate is artificially low because they don't prosecute unless they are 99% sure they'll get a conviction. It doesn't look good if they prosecute and don't get the conviction. Japan is a country where you are guilty until proven innocent. A lot of crime in Japan goes unreported or uninvestigated for this reason. It's ultra low crime rate is really a lie based on this system.
Paid off by Yakuza. Japan is corrupt. Look at the airbag scandal. Airbags in German cars recalled because of Japanese honesty. No crime, my butt.
They have tons of crime against women constantly. They just don't care.
@@Dice-Z Clearly the cops aren't going to say, "You mean those guys in suits shaking down that guy over there? Not laying a finger on it."
I’ve been going to Japan for 20 years and never had this experience or witnessed it
me every week twice
@@Dan-sw8tg maybe u look sus 😂
Maybe you look east Asian that's why. (Because you can't judge Nationality by face).
It depends heavily from the area you are in
Living here for 7 years never seen or happened to me either … and I am Black 🤷🏽♂️
Been there for two weeks - Tokyo, Kyoto, Ossaka and Hiroshima. Were never stopped by police.
"And you could be next"
Me sitting at home in middle of Europe*
Watch out for that japanese militarisation, I guess
Knock knock kusotare
Imagine walking outside to check the mail or go to the store and Japanese police just "warp" in front of you in Europe because they were "staying busy"
Literally me, currently sitting 20 km from the geographical center of Europe.
I think I see one in Texas!!!
👮🏻♂️🇺🇸: *discriminates people*
👮🏻🇯🇵: *discriminates people, so that they can report they were doing something important*
honestly, unless i were busy or trying to get somewhere in a hurry, i wouldn't mind all that much. i could be wrong, but japanese police aren't known to rummage through bags to just take advantage of their authority to potentially steal from others. as long as the encounter is cordial & friendly without issues, it'd be fine to give them something to do lol. personally, it's not as though i'd be carrying around anything particularly dangerous or suspicious.
although, i imagine most encounters nowadays must be for visa verification given all the tourists that overstay their visa.
@nilmerg being fine with cops going through your shit for no reason in any foreign country, even your own country, is wild
@@DeformedPie i mean, i'd be way more alarmed if there are a number of reports & history of what i mentioned having happened. that, or false evidence being planted. i could be mistaken in thinking it doesn't often happen to foreigners in japan.
but yeah i mean, sure i'd be confused & probably annoyed by a random search, but it'd be worse to try & escalate things in a country & language you don't really understand. though, i do wonder what the US embassy would think about it. but just not worth escalating what may be routine for them. i'd try to perceive it more along the lines of a security check like those you encounter before entering certain establishments.
will say, no chance in hell am i handing over my bag if i'm somewhere that feels suspect, ie. in the countryside with no one else around.
@@DeformedPienot wild, they're the authority and laws are different, can't handle it? Then don't come.
@@haruyanto8085 "Can't handle being illegally searched by armed men in a foreign nation?? Ur just too weeeak broooo" classic dumbass bootlicker mentality
I lived in Japan for three years and never had this happen nor heard of it happening to others. Japan is a great place to visit so long as you don't act like an obnoxious jackass.
You don't have to be acting like a jackass for the cops to search your bag or ask for your ID.
I've had it happen to me but I speak fluent Japanese so they usually assume I'm half Japanese (which I'm not but I kinda look like it) and they don't even bother checking my bag and just let me go. It doesn't happen as often as the video would have people believe though.
lol I got checked like twice a week . not sure I acted like an jackass, just commuted to work
"It didn't happen to me or anyone I know"
....So? Do people think that if it doesn't happen to some people, it cancels out the fact that it happens to others? Do you think we're all lying? Is it just coincidence that they pull aside Koreans & anyone w/tattoos on every flight I took to Japan? Durrrrrr city dweller.
@@tattooninja I said you're fine so long as you don't act like a irritating jag off. From your hysterical little keyboard tantrum, sounds like you fail to fulfill that condition.
I've been to Japan 5 times and been to every major city. Never once was I stopped or questioned by any Japanese police.
Wanna cookie?
I've been 13 times and never stopped or even looked at by police lol😂
@@yeahtbh.161 A guy was late for a party because he was stopped three times by different groups of police officers while on his way. It happens.
Are you all Japanese who don't live in Japan?🤔
@@DS..69 Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. I also know Japanese who were walking with foreigners doing business when police stopped them. The cops have to act like they are actually doing something.
When I was in Japan, they searched my bag..the officer turned bright red, smiled and just let me go.
I bet when he got back to the station...told his friends that he checked a persons bag and saw, condoms, duct tape, patroleum jelly and a coke. Didn't have the heart to tell him I had these items these items for different people in my group. I smiled at him and just raised both my eyebrows twice.
🤣🤣
Coke as in Coca Cola right ?💀
😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
"different people in my group" buddy was going to an orgy
Mf had the “Kidnapper’s Starter Pack” on him💀
Got searched and arrested in front of a school, as being suspected of being a criminal they were looking for. They were looking for a "south eastern" asian person that was stealing bicycles around and since I was one they felt it had to be me. Had them call my hotel to confirm my identity while waiting all day at the koban. They spent the next two hours apologizing for wasting my day... As a tourist yeah it is precious time wasted.
Surprised they didn’t slap you with some kind of charge since almost every arrest Japanese cops make ends up with some kind of charge, they’ll go looking for shit to pin on you if you end up in custody 9 times outta 10
@@BoatmayneThaUnsinkableactually from what I’ve heard charges are almost never pressed unless they basically recorded you doing it from 17 different angles with 25 witnesses or whatnot. It’s why conviction rates are so high over there, if they pressed charges then they already know they’ll win the case 99%.
@@thecrazycapmasterIn Japan? No 😂. Their court process is nothing more than a show. If they charge you you're going to be found guilty, regardless of how much evidence they do or don't have. There is no high bar of evidence required. Japan is also known for completely fabricating its crime statistics on top everything else
What you're talking about is literally a saying about the FBI. It makes zero sense in relation to the Japanese judicial system, other than 99% of those charged are found guilty 😂
Idk for me it just sound like you happen to fit a suspect description
@thecrazycapmaster Lmao no, they're conviction rates are high because they can lock in indefinitely until you agree to criminalize yourself even if you arent who they are looking for.
日本人だけど警察に声かけられるよ
何故それが嫌なのに日本に来るの？
警察官に近づいてビデオを撮るのも失礼だ
It's the police the one who's approaching you weirdo
In the Philippines police wont let go until you give some change.
I'd give them change just so that I didn't have to listen to that "angry chicken" language.
@@yishihara55527crazy world
Why should I this is illegal police is corruption
Thats why phillippines is still a vy developing & corrupt country🤭🥰
Not always true. In Manilla, police are sometimes looking for a way to enhance their poor pay. Outside of Manilla and it's environs, the PHP can be friendly and helpful. Like every nation which suffers from poverty, those whon get more than others, get power over thosem others.. It.s the same if you earn 3 times their pay. When I was in Manilla, I was told about carrying a fake wallet in Manilla.. PHP guy told me. Never needed it..
Been in Japan for 4 and half years and never been stopped.....
Edit, why are people obsessed with bringing up race in my comment?
Happens much less frequently these days, but it still happens . Especially to SE Asians and so forth. It used to be around 10 years ago that if you came to Japan you were sure to be checked at least once. Be glad you have not had to experience it, since it is annoying to be racially profiled.
@@Paahtis It would happen less often if people didn't overstay their Visas, and unfortunately South East Asians tend to overstay their visa more than other nationalities in Japan...
That's unusual. I don't know where you lived or where you did commute, but everyone in Tokyo I know, especially when on a bike, did get stopped by the police after a short while.
@@oo0OAO0oo I live in Osaka and transferred everyday through Osaka station in Umeda....
I think it more often lately because racist streamer jhony somaly action, he racist and harrasing random people in japan so that's why local authorities more aware to foreign
When I was in Japan another worker and I met a Japanese guy at a bar and he bought us drinks and showed us around. It was like 2am and we were in a park just joking around, we were loud and a little drunk so the police got called. Over 6 dudes on bikes showed up to ask us to leave the park as it was close to homes. They were all very nice and friendly. 3 escorted us out and talked to us the whole time asking about our time, giving advice on hidden gems.
what do you mean by "hidden gems"?
lesser known tourist attractions? @@isaacmendes1926
@@isaacmendes1926Hidden gems sets and matches.
@@isaacmendes1926 prolly like popular small local restaurants/bars etc
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複雑にオーバーステイしてるとエエんでっか？
@@jumpinggoldagatito9153日本語理解できない奴いて草。日本語が第一言語じゃないならわかるが
Had this happen to me twice in Japan. One of those times, I was alone walking at night, and I was carrying around a fanny pack. A literal police car pulled up right beside me, and 2 cops hurried out of the car. I just stopped and faced them, asking if everything was ok (I speak fairly fluent Japanese). They were surprised I could speak JP, and I think that calmed them down, they asked to check my bag and to show them my documents, which I did. One of the cops talked to me, as the other checked and even sniffed my bag. I realized right away they were looking for drugs specifically. I now know a lot of foreigners sneak them into Japan. I commend them for doing their job diligently, but man, a whole ass cop car and then two cops running at you. Was a bit scary ngl.
PS: If anyone cares, this happened in the outskirts of Tokyo.
I mean there's no other way to look for drugs other than to search for it. Or have a sniffing dog. But it's understandable if you're a foreigner in a country , they don't know you
Just assuming you have drugs is fucked up.
Yeah I was gonna say at least in the US people would fucking rage over 2 cops going up to them and demanding to search them for literally walking down a street. Thats really not okay.@@Cal-fr9mw
@@Cal-fr9mwJapan has the guilty mentality. There is no innocent until guilty there.
@@Cal-fr9mwthe cops cannot make you open your bag. You can say no to them. Might waste more of your time but they have no legal right to see inside your bag or wallet.
My favorite time was the one where I was in the airport, having just arrived and barely out of customs/immigration, and a Japanese cop asked to see my passport. Guy was nervous and apologetic as hell over asking, so I assumed that it was a task they gave to rookie cops to get them used to interacting with foreigners.
Not sure about your interaction but in my country the police does this to check if the passport has been stamped properly. Redundant but prevents mistakes.
at that point just let him lulz he sound cute
When I was pulled aside by the police when I arrived in Japan, they were unapologetic for singling me out (the only black guy) and going through my stuff. Even after I told them I was there for my father in laws funeral, the only emotion they showed was surprise that’s my wife is Japanese.
Def a wtf moment?
@@CyrussNP😂😂😂😂
I had a cop come up to me and ask to see my gaijin card in Ikebukuro once. I handed it to him. Then he asked for my bag, so I handed him that too. He looked at the receipts of stuff I'd purchased, too. I asked in Japanese if everything was all right. He said "yes everything seems fine, but a foreigner sitting alone looks strange. Are you all right? Do you need help?" I told him I was fine, and that I liked exploring Tokyo alone, because I could choose what I wanted to see. He then warned me of areas to avoid, which I was grateful for.
Did I feel profiled? A tiny bit, but at the same time, I chose politeness and courtesy instead of getting upset. Was I scared? Absolutely (I'm terrified of cops normally). I feel like because I was polite, he responded in kind and gave me advice so I could stay safe. I was grateful to him, because one of the places I was thinking of visiting was one he told me to avoid as a foreign woman alone.
Guessing even Tokyo has its seedy districts?
"I feel like because I was polite, he responded in kind ... so I could stay safe."
This, 100%. You'll almost always catch more flies with honey.
They have loud speakers in kabukicho warning about Nigerians and touts and saying that all the hotels here are love hotels and will try and rip you off and not to stay at them @@rogerc6533
@@rogerc6533 Probably the worst in Japan because it's so populated. Still very very safe but yeah, no where is perfect.
@@rogerc6533it's the largest city in the world. Each of its districts have their own seedy areas
I have only had a police stop me once in four years living in Japan. And it was understandable: I was riding my wife's pink bicycle. After a quick explanation, and showed him my residence card, he thanked me for my understanding and let me go...
So the reason for stopping you was because you were riding a pink bicycle which is not a crime unless you violated traffic laws.
@@chuksrichard3598 lol.
A 179cm tall Mexican on an undersized, pink bicycle, alone, in the middle of nowhere in a Japanese city. Anywhere in the world, as long as the law allows it, police or the appropriate law enforcement agency can stop and check for your migratory status. Cheap, simple bicycles also happen to be, with umbrellas, probably the most stolen item in Japan. I could understand why he was curious about me...
@@israeltovar3513 lol the way you detailed yourself 😂. I’m African American and i don’t think the police would pull me over and search my property for riding a pink bike although i know they’d want to do it. I said this because you said “anywhere in the world”. My point was you didn’t commit a crime or violated any laws/rules so in my opinion, they shouldn’t have stopped you. But i can understand the situation in Japan where a foreigner is highly highlighted.
@@chuksrichard3598this is an US thing, the majority of countries in the world the police can and will search you without a “reasonable suspicion” or “probable cause”. Canadian police can stop random cars in the road for search. Police in France will search you if you look suspicion. spain, italy, austria and belgium are the same. The same goes to Korea, japan, china, all South America.
It's understandable to stop people based on the color of the bike they ride? Jesus, dude. That is some unreal levels of boot licking
This also happens for Japanese. They are searched if they are suspected of having drugs, mainly due to their appearance or behaviour.
This won't happen if you're a foreigner who looks like a tourist, but if they look like someone from a particular country they will be suspected of overstaying and will be searched.
I've been stopped by Japanese police for "talking too loud on the phone" in a public park, stopped in a business suit along with a fellow foreign co-worker and ID'ed because, according to them, they were searching for two foreigners dressed in suits with briefcases who had been seen commiting a break-and-enter in broad daylight nearby. Yes, they actually said that.
Japanese police are pretty much the same as police in any other country. They just happen to be quieter about it. Anyone claiming that Japanese police are any more magically competent or respectful simply hasn't encountered the other side of them.
Yehh, you know the weeb community really just worship Japan.
Honestly as Japanese, I've always felt our police were really incompetent most of the time.
They only really become magically competent and use the full suite of technology and investigative methodology available to them when the mass media or politics is related. Everything else is just officially suicide.
You won't feel it as a native, but after attaining the power of hindsight from living in the US and now Taiwan. it really brings out how many of our laws just end up being a massive detriment to victims trying to defend themselves. Article 38 really doesn't protect you from police as much as the US's 5th amendment does.
Japanese police are also able to use WAY more successful methods to compel false confessions than, say, American cops. That’s freakin’ scary.
You can be thankful to all those internet suckers who put Japan as the role model of everything
There social rules and talking too loud in public is one of them. Including eating and walking around.
Honestly much better than America’s shithole where people just trash the streets.
American police: discriminates foreigners
Japanese police: discriminates foreigners *politely*
Edit: i cannot believe i actually have to say this is a joke lmao did y'all really think i was being serious 💀
American Police: Discriminates Foreigners and gives them a fucking stuffed turkey with salad dressing and peppers and spices with sauces spread around.
Japanese Police: Discriminates you and gives you a fucking 18 layer chocolate cake with cupcakes and cookies and milk.
British Police: Fucks you the fuck up!
Don't take me seriously lol
Eh, American police can't tell foreigners at a glance. Both groups are discriminating based on race (non-white or non-japanese) but in the US there's a *lot* of citizens that are black or latino or asian.
@LibertyMonk
Except that if you watched the video you would have found out that it’s literally just so that they can look like they are doing things, if you cooperate with them they literally just search your bag and then give it back, because unlike in America, the police don’t have ulterior motives like wanting to abuse their power
@@ebinshumate3132 @LibertyMothaFuckinMonk vs @ebinsDA-GOAThumate3132
@@ebinshumate3132 Its not true that they are pretending to work because there is low crime. There is low crime because they are working.
How are people getting this backwards?!
I lived in Yokosuka Japan for 15 months. This never happened to me.
My navy friend told me a story of a guy he knew who was out one night at a club, he walked outside for a smoke and the Japanese cop advised him politely that he needs to smoke in the designated areas, the guy blew smoke in the cops face and told him to fuck off, the cop quietly returned to his car and got inside writing some notes when 4 Japanese guys came out of nowhere and beat the shit out of the navy dude lmao. Japanese cops are polite but if you treat them wrong dont be surprised if some locals whoop your ass for acting like an entitled disrespectful foreigner.
For this story to be believable, you need to accept the following as true.
1. Either the cop spoke English or his friend spoke Japanese well enough to understand one another.
2. The cop was so sensitive and was hurt by the verbal insult enough that he felt it justified a beat down.
3. The four friends, plain clothes cops or local thugs were so efficient that they responded to the cop's call in less time than it took his friend to finish his cigarette and reenter the bar.
4. The group that responded to the cops call had no issues beating someone down merely on the say so of a beat cop.
Yeah, I call horse turds
i dont think its that deep, four young locals near a club probably saw this foreigner being disrespectful and decided to beat his ass, could they have been drunk too? Maybe but my friend didn't lie, the guy who got beat up admitted thats what happened even had witnesses that saw it. Two foreigner white guys brought the guy back to the gate of the base. Why is it so hard to believe a u.s navy dude drunk off his ass outside a club fucked around and found out? Im sure it happens quite often just isn't talked about.@@teddyrasputin3850
When we do that in Europe it's called racism and police abuse lmao.
Sure pal
@@devon5154 you are probably the guy who got his ass beat
Long ago, I had my first office job. I learned that if I did all my work for the day and then let my boss know, they would find more “work” - mindless tasks to keep me busy like organizing the sugar packets by the coffee machine. Then I decided to try the thing George Constanza did on “Seinfeld”, which was to sit at my desk and always look angry while I really just played on the computer. It worked so well that they stopped giving me ANY work to do. Easiest job ever.
Yeah i hate the slavers in japan, literally one of the top three things that causes their youth to not have kids and kill themselves, but they can't understand that normal people don't want to be off at 5:00 p.m, and work till 10:00 p.m. 😅
😂😂 👏👏👏
clever
Bullshit jobs by David Graeber. A fantastic book about exactly this..
The kind of we don’t need
They usually stop and search foreigners who are rude, noisy, dont follow the rules.
😂
Really? So I wonder how that one streamer manage to harass people be loud at Disney and oder public places and didn't get arrested by police after doing that for more than a year 🤣
@@yanzkie2781
Extreme rare exception. Using the exception to make it look like the norm is racist.
That's not true at all. They stop people randomly. Even Japanese people know this.
@@yanzkie2781he been arrested already if i dont mistake
That black guy right( i dont remember his name)
Or another guy
Ah yes. Invading my privacy "they're doing no harm, just busy work"
That's an even worse excuse than "just following orders"
日本の警察の皆さん、治安を守ってくださりありがとうございます😊お疲れ様です。
It all depends on where you live. I live in Kyushu, Saga Prefecture since April 96 and they stop everyone especially doing check points on certain times for drunk driving. They were surprised when they saw my Japanese Drivers license and has a Gold Strip, which is the highest level of getting no tickets or violations in 10yrs. They didn't even bother checking my breath.😂 They gave me back my license and told me have a great night. they are awesome
It's 4-5 years from being a fresh driver.
lol :P I have to ask... In those 10 years... did you ever drive a vehicle?
@@sbmotoracer considering they had to stop at a traffic checkpoint, I assume they were in a car and not just a paper driver. 😅
I wish we had that in the USA. I obey all laws and have no violations, but you pay the same insurance and police assume you might be a bad guy no matter what.
i also have a golden strip but i haven’t even driven in japan for more than 10 years, ive been living in vietnam and driving my scooter back and forth..😂
"Thank God you guys caught all the Yakuza, so you can focus on me."
umh.. that might land you in hot water, as they may claim to their coleagues that you were trying to call the cop "Yakuza", which is literally like a curse word in Japan.
@@digimaks
Hadn't thought of that.
It does sound like I'm accusing them of being on the take.
Have they caught all the Yakuza if there are places to avoid? Or did they just yield them areas to work?
@@TheLaw_v From the little I understand going after the Yakuza would be far FAR more trouble than it's worth.
For the most part they have a sort of live and let live policy where the Yakuza do their own thing in their own territories and don't rock the boat, while cops focus on anything that rocks the boat.
@@MrRawrCEO when dust hits the ground and no one is around dose it still make a noise?
I disagree, I have a Japanese brother-in-law who works at the National Police Agency in Japan. During our conversation over a couple of beers, he shared perception into why they inspect foreign nationals. It primarily stems from issues related to overstaying in Japan. Especially tourist Filipinos, Thais, Chinese, Indians, and Pakistanis (Illegally working without papers). Don't get me wrong I'm a Filipino and I don't want to degrade my fellow country people. I hope my comment isn't misconstrued as racist.
It's a common occurrence for people to overstay their visa in many countries.
Australia weeds out people who they think have come to work illegally, and it includes people of all nations.
I think not being fluent in english means non-english speakers are more easily weeded out.
Not degrading to anyone to point this out, it's just a fact.
My daughter just visited Japan. She had a great experience. This didn’t happen. Be respectful. It goes a long way. Problem is not Japan. It’s western society
Then your daughter got lucky. Japanese are more racist than the pre-civil war southern US
Visited Japan several times over the years, never once was I stopped or searched.
Ive had it a a dozen or more times, its very common and all foreigners ive spoken to exprienced it. Its exactly as the man says in the video
Only in tokyo.. in other city the police seems dont really care
same. A total of 13 weeks in Kitakyushu and no cop ever talked to me. Must be only Tokyo. Because I also only saw about 10 other tourists in that whole time. So if they only check foreigners, there are not enough foreigners for the cops to check on.
@@TheTerrorHamster it depends the municipality and what they instruct tge police to do. If they dislike foreign tourists in the area and there is a general malice in the minds of the older voting population the police will follow wjat theya re told, if there is not then you could live 100 years in japan and never have a policeman stop you. Its all to do with the older population and what they want. "gaijin evil" ok better check gaijins to make them unwelcome, ive never seen it in the the southern islands like okinawa and never seen it in hokkaido.. Okinawa has many foreigners but the voting population sees them as a source of revenue and part of the economy not as scary aliens who need to be "punished" japanese mindset is subtly varied region by region.
But it is a bazaar mindset full of odd fears and peculiar ideas many other cultures will be baffled by.
On any account japan is run by pensioners and so if they want tourests hassled then tourists will be hassles, im 100% these police know its absurd and annoying and mindless but if they dont do it their bosses have a problem so its easier to annoy your tourists quickly and get it done.
Absurd society, but its exactly why we come to japan.. Because of its weirdness, i almost demand to be hassled by japanese police on my visits! Its like a trademark. I find it rather harmless but absurd. Interestinh thing is in china, taiwan and korea police give foreigners a wide birth.. Again nobody is telling them to bother you and bothering a foreigner can cause big problems for your job, best ignore you.
@@TheTerrorHamsterwell foreigners can be loud rude or do stuff illegal unknowingly also its a free hour after it cuz now they've got a interaction write up ready
They never searched me, but they would have just found Godzilla toys.
Same
I lived in Japan on several short (half a year) stays and I went on 2 vacations there. Never tried it and never heard of anyone who tried it. I even asked a police officer once and he said it's not true.
Chiming in with the other frequent Japan travellers commenting here - I couldn't look more foreign to a Japanese person if I tried, but I have had _zero_ instances of this experience, nor have I ever seen it happen.
I have spoken to police a few times in order to ask questions or report incidents and they've always been very corteous and helpful, even when there was a considerable language barrier.
So these people are lying, does the video lie?
@@drachenmarke Let's just say, a video with the message "Japanese police are perfectly OK actually and unless you're trying very hard to make trouble you will not have any issues with them as a tourist or foreigner" wouldn't get as many ad impressions.
I'm living in Osaka Japan for almost 2 years now and i've been stopped by passing by police like 3 times already but they just check for my resident card and ask what i do for work and then they let me go 😂
Yep, exactly. But apparently it never happens according to people in the comments even though according to polls 70% of foreigners in Japan have been stopped by the police in the past 5 years.
@@Paahtis so?? whats wrong if they're being stopped by police officers? it's not like america. I've been living here for 6yrs and been stopped by police occasionally. I don't see anything wrong and they are being polite. I just don't get it why this video would be a discussion for police duty. it's not like america where everyone is triggered by police officers.
America we call them racist cops. In Japan, they’re just doing the jet just to check if your “legal” lmao
Lived in osaka, kumatori/near izumi sano and also lived in izumiotsu and a few other places .. never been stopped and that was a stretch of almost 10 years. I'd hazard a guess you look dodgy
If your act so suspiciously ofcourse they will check you
Lived in Japan for 5 years never 1 did I get stop by the local police and I love to walk around my neighborhood at night.
13 years for me and I walk around the neighborhood at 1 in the morning drunk, never stopped once. lol
Just 1 year for me but I was stopped once. I was walking my bike and he wanted to make sure I wouldn't ride on it in that pedestrian zone. I said no sir and had a little chat with him about bike legislation.
@@makokx7063 That is a distinctly on-culture activity you've described. Obviously they'd ignore you to find someone more touristy.
Ninjas. That’s cause you’re always moving. Try sitting in the same place near a Japanese person at 1 am for more than a few minutes and see if it works, lol it won’t.
@@ironhell813Who in their right mind would sit next to a stranger for a few minute? Also even if you going to sit you would leave at least some spaces between you and the person, it's common sense. Just like how you use the public bathroom, you always leave 1 stall in between unless it's crowded. Once again common sense.
As someone that grew up in a country where this is incredibly illegal I really don't know how to feel about this.
I'll make sure to pack my toy snake that pops out when the bag is open😂
I saw a comment in a video by a Canadian lawyer once about how the RCMP can stop people randomly but that they need to "articulate" why they are conducting the stops (checking to see insurance, registration, licenses, lights working properly, etc.). The person said in his response, "So the RCMP can't stop you for NO reason. But they CAN stop you for ANY reason. Got it!"
A small price to pay.
In Ontario one of the reasons a police officer can conduct a traffic stop is if a person is "operating a vehicle on a public roadway".
@@theogrant528Are you living in Canada, or Ontario to say that?
And where's the proof?
In any case, what OP said kinda makes this rule (if it actually exists) seem rather "normal"...
Can't wait for a Trudeau-Free Canada!
I personally am thinking about moving to a Better Country where you don't get screwed by the Government (as much) and are more Traditional because I can't and don't want to deal with the "Pronoun People".
Just to be clear I couldn't care less what anyone's Sexuality/Gender/Sex/Pronoun or "what-have-you"...what you do in your Privacy is not something I am even remotely interested in. So as long as you don't Flaunt it or make problems for others I have no issues with that.
It's when you make issues (like any other person...whether they are a "Minority" or Not!) for me and other people that we don't like those troublesome people!
It's like that for anyone! People have things that they can't stand, and if you mess around with those things, you are bound to get into trouble...
The same goes for me and everyone! And no, the excuse of I have "X" disease or I'm "X" Minority shouldn't be used as an Excuse to piss off people and try to make them as the bad person by "Crying Wolf"...
Runkly the Bailey?
@@yan4013i think people just see and hear too much about corruption in the police to want to cooperate. not to mention if you have really done nothing wrong, its the principle. why should you live with authorites who can and will just do what they like when they like with no good reason? idk people dont like the police for a lot of reasons, but i think its mostly just the principle
I feel like getting stopped by Japanese police feels the same as going to the principals office
Your principal searches you?
@@jamesblond5084Idk last time in school the FBI and DEA searched me twice to make sure (I did a little Trolling)
@@jamesblond5084 Yours doesn't?
Maybe once or twice my backpack got searched in school. Actually I do not remember. But a 100% it wasn't the principal.
Searching pupils regulary shows no respect and trust, its crazy!
Right up until they tell you you're going to jail when that principals office turns into a torture room
good. i hope they stand their ground and dont bow to pressure from the west.
I am Japanese. I also believe that racial profiling by the police exists. Not only foreigners, but also Japanese with a lot of tattoos and people who wear fashions based on hip-hop culture have many of the same experiences. There are many cases of suspected possession of marijuana, which is a big taboo in Japan.
During the Corona disaster, there were more incidents of Japanese criminal organisations hiring foreigners who had lost their jobs and were in trouble to do illegal things, especially in Japan. This is another reason why they are actively investigating foreigners.
Many Japanese people, including myself, appreciate and welcome all visitors to Japan.
これは外国人に限ったことではありません。私も2回、職務質問されたことがあります。素直に財布から身分証を見せて、数回会話した後に解放されました。日本人でも覚醒剤を持ってそうな見た目をしていたら、詳しく身体検査されたりもするみたいですね。挙動不審や警察官から目を逸らす様な行為をするとあやしまれる様です。
犯罪者発見と犯罪防止の為の行為なので、貴方に後ろめたい事が無ければ、わずか数分で終わるので協力して下さい。社会を守る為に重要なお仕事です。
私は外国人で日本に来て１３年も経ちますが一度も止められたことがないです。😆
17 years of living in Japan and have never been stopped by the police. They do come to our home once a year to count heads, but they're friendly and never intimidating like some US cops.
Very agree in the part that us cops are intimidating
How are they going to intimidate you with their imposing 5 feet 5 inches or the fact they don't have a gun lol. I'd laugh at some tiny little man with nothing but a club and Taser who had to intimidate me.
Kinda forgetting what american cops have to deal with, put a japanese cop on a single American cops shift he'll tap out within the first stop of the day 😅
@@grimsgraveyard3598 Hey tough guy, we know you would get pressed by them in reality, but the average Japanese man is 5'7-8' not 5'5" also, the cops do all carry guns, revolvers in a hidden holster. They are all trained in martial arts and would quickly rock your shit without the need for a gun. Snap back to reality buddy, you're not that guy.
@@user-uc4dz5ie4l”they’re all trained in martial arts and have hidden revolvers” lmao what kind of shit are you smoking on?
Actually here is a connection. They are the reason why Japan is safe.
There's even a side quest on Yakuza where you keep letting a police officer search you just to keep busy lol
Thank you for notifying me before my trip to Japan. The cartel isn't gonna be happy with the lack of kilo delivery though.
Don't let Don btschld see you lacking when it comes to meeting your daily quota....
so jappanese tourists wouldn't take offense if the roles were reversed, your vailed threats are unproductive and childish. i see you come from a country were you don't value human rights
@@user-hx1hp8ff2r”On todays episode of SMNN…”
For me, I'm rolling with this reply! But I'll warn you, sometimes the joke we tell in English really don't translate well in Japanese. I know, that's me. Always trying to keep the mood light. Really don't work when they take it literally! lol
If you speak Japanese and see people working in service field looks bored, go talk to them. I always love when customer made small talk on a slow day, my friend talk to Animate clerk for 10 minutes and the next day they have a lunch appointment together.
They aren't use to social interactions outside their work.
@@heirloomcategory5673i was about to say ive always heard Japanese people dont like small talk with complete strangers they find it odd
@@noelramirez1551 yeah the small talk with complete strangers is only normal in the US and Canada, personally as a person from eastern/central europe whenever someone tries that i find it both weird and annoying... but that might just be me
Is it just me??? I always randomly being chatted by elderly on the bus, train, park etc. I asked my coworkers (we're all foreigners) but none of them have the same experience?
But seriously, do so. We're all lonely deep inside.
Meanwhile every Japanese worker I try to make small talk with is extremely uncomfortable, clearly annoyed, and doesn’t want to speak Japanese to me.
In Germany police is only allowed to search your bags if you are a suspect in a crime or if you are next to a security area, for example when there is a politician speaking.
Chances are in Japan people don't usually refuse a search for cultural reasons.
Honestly the best way to get moving is just allow them.
Seems the cops have their egos in check and don't try to fit you up like so many US cops seem to want to do.
People have to realise you might look suspicious to someone else.
This is the investigative part of policing. They get a complaint, investigate then go if they find nothing.
If they do find something, maybe people need to think about not committing crimes rather than bitch about being caught.
Sounds strange, never experienced this in Tokyo.
I had police walk me to the hotel🤪i was lost. Asked for directions and they actually walked with me to the hotel so i could see it😂other than that i have never been stopped x)
GAHDAMN you look fine
I’m moving to Japan …. 😂😂😂… that’s professionalism.
Been living in Japan for 12 years- never once stopped by the police.
So much shady sh"t that happens in Japan that people don't like to talk about for some reason....
So this is just basically me in a group project trying to look busy.
True. My japanese bos is like this. Always pretend have a ton of work but in reality, his work is giving me work
Haha Lmao
True.
I smile when I hear people say that Japanese people are hard workers
@@superbin6021they shit they work a paper 8 hours and a font for the other 4 extra hours
They smart
😂
@@superbin6021 Well that's because they are. They are one of the countries with people who die of exhaustion at work the most. But unlike what most Japanese people think, being hardworking for the sake of being hardworking is not a good thing. If you are not productive while you are being hardworking, then it's a bad thing, a waste. This isn't the own you think it is, sad. It just shows your ignorance.
If you regularly carry a small pocket knife with you like I do, don't carry one with you when visiting Japan. It is illegal and is one of the main items the police are searching for when they stop foreigners.
Why would you ever carry a knife in a foreign country?
@@ashdabash3 To stab people. Duh.
@ashdabash3 you live in a nice area dont you?
@@ashdabash3so you can defend yourself from gangsters and things looking to pick on the foreigner that has nobody to back them up? Also human traffickers
@@everinghall8622 Personally i wouldnt travel to any country where i am at risk of that and definitely wouldnt risk jail in a foreign country..
日本人には30回以上止められてる人がいます
This short was written like someone who got stopped and searched in Japan 😂😂😂
The Japanese are suspicious of outlanders. Can't say that i blame them thanks to individuals like Johnny Somali.
Every country is suspicious of outsiders. Every single one.
Or people like Logan Paul and the prank he pulled by filming a body in the soo!video forest. Despicable.🤮
Nah man, unofrtunately that's just their culture. There's so many videos of people saying in the politest way possible that the japanese are racist as fuck. If it weren't for their quiet culture I reckon this fact would be rather obvious to the average bloke.
@Blaze-qe7yg yeah F that guy too. He's another PoS
Lol as if this suspicion is new. It's called xenophobia and it's a bigger issue than you'd think. As the Japanese birthrates decline, more foreigners arrive to pick up the slack in the workplace. This is no way to treat a fellow human being, especially one who aids in keeping your economy alive
Its just like in the US where cops pull you over to earn their donuts.
The difference is, you get pulled over for a traffic infraction, in this example people are being stopped for no reason.
@@redeyesb.dragonite8562hahahahahahahahahahaha youre outright assuming guilt, ever heard of cops targeting out of state plates? Ive been pulled over numerous times KNOWING i did nothing wrong, even was told that i didnt have my seatbelt on, in my car i have two of them to each seat lmfao rofl thank god for dashcams
@@themanwithnoname1839 I'm assuming reasonable suspicion, guilt is decided in court. Yeah, everyone thinks cops target specific cars, people say they target old beat up cars, nice cars, out of state plates, red cars, ect. Can you show in some way they pull people over for having out of state plates? Or even give a reason they would have some more suspicion about vehicles with out of state plates?
@@redeyesb.dragonite8562 LOL, plenty of examples of made up reasons for a traffic stop, along with the infamous,
"I smell weed...could you roll down your window please?"
In two years I only got checked once.
I was in Japan for two and a half weeks and the police NEVER approached me.
I've been to Japan 11 times, for periods of about a month. I haven't been even approached by police a single time
I have been to Japan quite a few times myself from 2011 onwards and my family and I were never stopped by police officers too.
Maybe because we are Asians. As in “not easy to tell whether we are Japanese, Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese” kind of Asian.
Even if they do stop us, I won’t mind. I have respect for Japanese even if they are showing us “Tatemae” instead of “Honne”. I rather take Tatemae because I don’t want to get into conflict with them myself.
I've been living in Japan for 20 years and still never stopped by police.
I think they will stop you when do something suspicious that may tie to a crime action.
probably because you stood out clearly as a tourist (camera, sunglasses, cargo shorts, t-shirt, backpack, google maps, looking amazed at mundane things, etc), they don't bother visitors since you are guests. But people who live in Japan tend to get checked by them.
@@TheRilaxChannel Wtf?! They check visitors or not check visitors? And how could they check people living outside Japan? OMFG liar detected!
@@TheRilaxChannel my brother in Christ, the majority of people loudly crying about being searched are foreigners who look and act foreign, which is part of the reason they get searched
Here in India being a cop is the dream job of many. Why ? Because who doesn't like getting paid for doing nothing and spying on strangers ?
not all cops spend the day doing nothing, many of them actually perform useful duties
@@wirmaple7336I think it was supposed to be a joke
In México is a nightmare cos' nobody respects you and narco are allways ambushing the police with great fire power and police are at gods will cos' they carry a little Gun but they can't use it if they do they go to jail
@@wirmaple7336 yea, who else will shoot dogs and plant drugs on innocent civilians?
japan most best rule
foreigners and specifically US troops in Japan also commit disproportionate amount of crime
I was stopped by police in Japan because it seemed to him like I was lost. He was right. He helped me where to go.
Thank you Japan for taking care of Johnny Somali 🙏🏼
That man is famous over there for all the wrong reasons 😂
honestly if that happened in the us we would not care a quarter as much, japan is kind of pussy in that respect
@@aa-cx8ncJapan doenst have freedom of speech. Remember the nation you walk in.
@@aa-cx8nc No, in the US you would have BLM once again responsible for massive riots in the streets and millions in damages, because "muh racism" or something. Meanwhile in Japan they actually are racist, and no one bats an eye because they know which demographics cause the most crime + other problems and aren't too stiffled by political correctness to tackle it. Big win for Japan, big L for the US.
Not a somalia he was etiophian just claiming 😅
It's also one way of ensuring immigration laws are followed and that there are no illegal overstayers.
I’m Japanese. I have many complaints about Japanese police, but to be fair, the police often catch criminals by stopping people. In fact, 70% of criminals are arrested this way. It’s really important job for safety.
Im a Filipino and have worked in Japan for a few years. Thats not the reason they stop people, the reason is they check why you are in the country. They are tough on illegal workers, especially us southeast Asians ( Filipino, Thai etc.) who are in the country without a proper working visa.
Is it double standard
@@mogemoge3215yea cuz whites overstay all the time
@@mogemoge3215shhhhh we don't say that, you can't question a democratic country who's owner defines the term justice when convenient
Thant and racism. Just, blatant in your face foreigners can't be trusted racism.
@@mogemoge3215 that doesn't exist in Asia lol, it just other race usually cause troubles every now and then
It's probably because those rude streamers
Specially after that black guy went around disrespecting Japanese people with Hiroshima Nagasaki incident
maybe i also remember another streamer who have been ruding trains or buses without paying. such @$$h0le
I was also about to say that too
@@xavier6956but their head are really got messed up by the radioactive just look at their ppl now 😂
@@alfarizi2179what
Never been stopped in Japan. It is one of the greatest countries of the world.
No they don’t I lived there for four years and not once got searched by Japanese police
Been in Tokyo for close to a year and have never even *seen* this happen.
They tends to target minority or people that "looks" like they are from third world countries: southeast asia, Africa, ...
I got stopped twice within the same day on my holiday trip at Tokyo.
@@BachNguyen-dh4im Sorry to hear. I could imagine, that they might profile people that look different to me, that's why I mentioned, that I never even seen it happen. Was this at night in Shibuya or just in the middle of the day?
@@Michael_800why bother the ubermench when they can bother gajin
@@BachNguyen-dh4imOh, we all know why, our people have done so much crime in Japan that we feel ashamed about it, so dont be crude to those reasonable actions of the police.
@@Michael_800nop, just because our people there done so many crime - illegal work and stay even visa is expired. Like the whole country of us know that, this guy is just play dumb, we even tell to every tourists to not run away to do illegal stay when they travel to Japan.
My dad is 100% Japanese, but he is often stopped by cops, because he looks like a bad guy even though he is totally a good guy😂 So my family is used to it, and we just make fun of him every time he is stopped😂 So don’t care much even if you are stopped by cops in Japan😉
They do that in Canada,too, probably other places.
Going in for a midnight shift Sunday night, get pulled over for a spot check, they’ll check everything but your credit.
Go through a ride program during the holidays/long weekends and they wave me through when they see the employee ID.
it's like, they're giving u a stamp that "u'r clean n good to go".
not really because they wanna stand in ur way, guys.
trust me.. '-')b
In my 20s id get stopped and searched every time i went to shibuya or roppongi. There used to be groups of 10-20 cops walking up and down the street, id see them see me from a distance and beeline around dozens of japanese people to get to me... It was so blatent it seemed like a direct message to foreigners out partying.
That was also around the time they made dancing illegal again unless the club had a dancefloor the size of most homes in Japan... So they could shut down bars and arrest "undesirable gaijin" (a popular term at the time)
Was this in like the 1970s? lol
Never been searched when I was there. In fact when I first went, they were super helpful with the train system when I got a bit confused at first. Very lovely people.
Why not stop and frisk the Yakuza? Leave your money generating tourists alone. We have PTSD from police interactions lol
It is normal for the police here to take money from our local people. Foreigners are even worse. I am Malaysian😅😅
6 years in Japan and never randomly targeted by Police. Japanese police are genuinely humble folks until lines are crossed.
I had a 3 week vacation in Japan and randomly got searched. Was on a street where local Japanese girls were aggressively soliciting for prostitution and and the weird Nigerian men were luring random people into bars so they can drug them and rob them but obviously the clean cut white guy walking down the street was the biggest threat. Japanese cops are cowards and avoid any actual policing instead they harass people for having fun and bother tourists
Is this a joke?
I was stopped by a pair of cops in Shinjuku before. This sort of explains a lot. It was basically a random search. One guy spoke English, studied in Canada, and the other had no English.
Humble? You’re supposed to leave people alone that’s their damn job 😂 they’re cops, if crime is not committed you leave people alone
@@xondeez757 nah, their job is also to prevent crime. Random searches are part of that
Was in Japan for a week, got stopped multiple times, showed my passport each time. Wasn't doing anything suspicious. Just walking. Didn't have a bag with me, so I never had my bag searched. I didn't know that was a thing.
Now that I think about it, they were probably curious about my ethnicity. Not white, not black, not Asian. Maybe vaguely Asian looking.
You forgot brown? That's the prime suspect.
@@edenassos Aren't most brown people Asians or Hispanics?
@@MoonLightOfficialOwO No? There are plenty of brown people of other ethnicities, and plenty of white skinned asians/hispanics.
@@Dice-Z I never said there weren't, sorry.
I was stopped in Osaka twice for no reason on my way to work. From what I could understand is that they keep checking foreigners that travel here with no visa and a one way ticket and don’t go home so they want to see your actually a resident.
Unfortunately they take their sweet ass time to check your credentials because both times I was late for work..
Smiling to litle boy , you are in trouble 😅
I'm from Southeast Asia and been living in Japan for thirty seven years and only stop by Japanese police once,I'm sixty years old now．Don`t act suspicious and obey the rules.
Easy, if you are asian.
Its very common and happens routinely, the target is ushally european male foreigners, it has nothing to do with breaking rules or the law or crime, its simple- that old japanese find large european men "scary" and want police to watch them and stop them, the police do it so as to look busy exactly as the video says. Ive had it happen more than a dozent times, some times even in the airport or a train.
Its not based on any logic and is just fear from japanese society,
the police are instructed to do it by their bosses who are told to do this by politicians.
The funniest one was back in the early 2000snds i remember there was a group of very drunk aggressive russians drinking outside, siberian guys with nice prison tattoos ect , back then russians came to shop in japan as the visa was easy unlike europe, they had big bags of shopping with them "hongkonh shoppers" we'd call the bags. I was in japan for cutlery business, i was with an associate, the police see these drunk russian guys and walk around them.. Avoiding them.. They see me and come up to me as im eating and ask me for my documents 🤣 my associate and i were in suits, he was a russian guy actually but spoke japanese very well, he said "wise move to check us instead of those convicts" the japanese police all became very embarrassed.. (there was 4 of them). They HAD TO check the evil gajin just incase people said there was scary aliens about but they didn't want to check those ZEKs as they did look truely a menace if tangled with... so they chose to come to us and disturb our time because we looked calm and professional and "easy". Then they can say "oh we spoke to the gaijins" ect 🤣 its an absurd mentality but it is japan.
just like if you have a problem or a dispute with a japanese person in japan, they will call the police, tell the police what they want and as a foreign person you are screwed. 🤣 Thats asia in general though..
how is literally just crossing the street, coming out of my train station "acting suspicious"? How is standing in Shibuya with thousands of other people "acting suspcious" or not obeying the rules? gtfoh
Right dont stick out. Appear busy
@@richarddukard8989they are looking for foreigners like streamer Johnny somalia
8 years, not even once a cop asked my id or anything. They will not bother you as long as you mind your business or not doing anything weird.
That's not true - the stops are random, and can happen during the morning commute or any other time.
@@TokyoXtremethe OP have 8 years experience in Japan without being approached by a cop. And your counter is “not true”, based on what?
@@tavuong666 OP says that "they will not bother you as [long as] you mind your business or not doing anything weird", which is not true, as is even pointed out in the video itself that there are random searches. Doesn't matter if you're here in Japan for eight years or eight minutes. I have seen Japanese people minding their own business on their way to take a train get stopped for a random search - on more than one occasion. So what do you have to say about that?
@@TokyoXtreme i say you’re full of shit and just stay away from Japan. I spent my time in Japan for 2 years too, I went out and have fun (bar hoping and more) never had a problem with their police. And you said Japanese people minding their own business get stopped by their police, and I ain’t even Japanese but never had a problem in 2 years, and the OP 8 years. I did know someone who fked up and get locked up for a week, key word is fked up.
how do you know op is saying facts? what if op is lying? @@tavuong666
Happened to me. I was stopped and interrogated until they saw my visa and they left me alone. Quite scary as they have the power to arrest you if you don't have it on you
Harm? They accused my child of being a drug dealer. Vile.
I've lived in Japan in and around Tokyo since 1987. I've never been stopped by police.
I lived in Japan on several short (half a year) stays and I went on 2 vacations there. Never tried it and never heard of anyone who tried it. I even asked a police officer once and he said it's not true.
Over 20 years in Japan, never once been stopped by police.
Did you not hear! You seemed busy! :D
It’s definitely true and especially if you’re younger or loitering or hanging around.
If you’re looking as busy as normal Japanese or are an elder keisatsu (police) won’t bother you. It’s all about standing out.
@@ironhell813 police do that everywhere. That's not unique to Japan
I got into Japan right as the Covid restrictions were lifting and spent a lot of time exploring more out of the way sites. I'm sure there were times I was the only foreigner in a several mile radius. I was never stopped for a search, and I'm pretty obviously not Japanese.
They ran .e out of a store once, claiming I was drunk....it was10:00 a.m. and wasn't drinking😅
Mmh, they do nothing is very risky to say, when Japan has a 99% conviction rate.