[srvmshr]

> Some people living in places that have become tourist areas are putting up signs announcing their home toilets are not for public use.

I read that on r/Tokyo Reddit as well a while back. Quite shocking. It was some person complaining living near a large public park (possibly Shinjuku or Inokashira) about his personal premises being violated because toilet queues were quite long & people kept knocking at their door. Not sure if we both are referring to the same incident?

[For reference to others, there are enough portable toilets in these public parks to deal with tourist surge, but obviously no arrangement can handle 25000+ visitors everyday without having queues]

More ridiculous stories have popped up once in a while in japan tourist subreddits. This sakura blossom season, a British tourist couple were seeking legal recourse to avoid detention and move back to their home country ASAP after running over an elderly woman with the rental car. Some people probably don't take consequences in a tourist destination seriously.

[MichaelZuo]

The latter case sounds more like mental derangement under stress.

I really doubt even lower ranking actual diplomats could reasonably expect to get away with running over an elderly Japanese grandma in Japan.

Nearly all the smaller countries would waive even up to a minister-counsellor’s immunity in that scenario.

[seethedeaduu]

19 year old solder, pardoned https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jennifer_Laude

[MichaelZuo]

How does this relate to my comment?

[seethedeaduu]

This part:

I really doubt even lower ranking actual diplomats could reasonably expect to get away with running over an elderly Japanese grandma in Japan.

Nearly all the smaller countries would waive even up to a minister-counsellor’s immunity in that scenario.

[forgotoldacc]

Your skepticism is wrong in this case.

https://unseen-japan.com/ridge-alkonis-release-japan-reacts/

[MichaelZuo]

Your the third to seemingly not read my comment?

Obviously the USA is not in the category of smaller countries.

And it seems irrelevant anyways, military have different norms from diplomats.

[traceroute66]

> Nearly all the smaller countries would waive even up to a minister-counsellor’s immunity in that scenario.

Sadly, if the UK's experience is anything to go by, if it is a US government worker / diplomat they would be on the first plane home[1].

I fear it would be no different in Japan. The US would get away with it. Even more so in the Trump era where he would probably make some dumb threats to the country to force their hand.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn

[MichaelZuo]

Well yeah that’s why I said smaller countries… the big countries have minister-counsellors, sometimes even attaches, that are really significant people, and might get away with it.

Especially if it’s a cover for their actual position with a much higher rank.

[danielscrubs]

So laws are for ordinary folk?

[MichaelZuo]

Of course? Diplomatic immunity would be meaningless otherwise.

[robk]

She was clearly an intelligence officer not a low level diplomat or staffer