Tokyo police, rail authorities hope to scare Halloween pranksters

Thursday 30th October, 06:38 AM JST

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mayuko at 02:12 PM JST - 31st October

Calm down...some comments here actually do not make sense. Those halloween people do need to know how they should behave themselves in public, that's all! I saw pictures on a site but actually it is terrible. http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/imgs/0/4/04bcc322.jpg

As long as some people act like that in public, they will be criticized (anywhere in this world, I believe).

People here shouldn't criticize each other finding faults which do not relate to the topic. That's meaningless.
cormorant at 02:25 PM JST - 31st October

It's not about if Japanese do or do not people enjoy Halloween. It's not about this happens only once a year. It is about people having party in public transport. Yamanote line, which millions of people use it everyday (Yes MILLIONS), is simply not a place to have a party. Last year, these people stopped a train, and this affected hundreds of thousand people (people using Yamanot line and others using lines connected to Yamanote line). What if someone gets hurt (due to emergency stop?). Can you still laugh about it? If you want to party, just go to club or bar, and party your brains out there. PLEASE DO NOT PARTY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
barfly08 at 02:57 PM JST - 31st October

Japanese children just love Halloween ! And how about the Halloween parades in Tokyo last week that garnered up more than 3,000 costumed participants ? This has to be one of the largest Halloween parades in the world I do believe !
Mark_McCracken at 03:36 PM JST - 31st October

we dont celebrate halloween here, period

The hundreds of thousands of Japanese who have gone to USJ this past month to see the Halloween parade and festivities would likely disagree with you.
everyhome at 04:29 PM JST - 31st October

I'm Japanese and I enjoyed Halloween parade helt in Kawasaki city last Sunday. It was very fun and peaceful. The point is not if you like or don't like having party, it is if it should be accepted to have party in poblic transportation. I'm very happy police did something about it this year. Some people seems to be planning this event tonight as well, but, if YOU are reading my text, please go to random clubs in Tokyo. Many of them do entrance free if you are fully costumed!! There are many appropriate places for you. So DO NOT HAVE PARTY IN TRAIN!! I don't like sounding like a mom...but NO PARTY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!
Nessie at 04:50 PM JST - 31st October

Halloween is just a commercial event here.

Yeah, those secular Japanese have stripped it of its unholiness.
SumoBob at 05:59 PM JST - 31st October

YutaYamada said:

Don't forget to carry your Alien Registration Card! Every policeman has the right to ask you to produce the card. If you fail to show it, they can take you to the police station and hold you in custody.

tokyofun1 said:

actually they DONT have the right....unless they have just cause...and in return I can ask for theirs....yes i have a Japanese lawyer and judge friend....again....know before you speak...

* * * Actually, police CAN demand (legally) to see your ARC, under the The Foreign Registry Law.

"The Foreign Registry Law, Section 13, Clause 2. Foreigners, when asked to show their Gaijin Cards by immigration investigation officials (as outlined in separate laws), police, coast guard, or any other national or local public official or group empowered by the Ministry of Justice as part of the execution of their duties, must show."

外国人登録法　第十三条　第二項　外国人は、入国審査官、入国警備官（入管法に定める入国警備官をいう）、警察官、海上保安官その他法務省令で定める国又は地方公共団体の職員がその職務の執行に当たり登録証明書の掲示を求めた場合には、これを提示しなければならない。

However, you can ask them for ID as well, to confirm that they are actual police.

"The Foreign Registry Law, Section 13, Clause 3. Public officials governed by the previous clause, if asking for the AR Card outside of their workplace, must carry a certificate of their identity and present it if asked."

外国人登録法　第十三条　第三項　前項に規定する職員は、その事務所以外の場所において登録証明書の提示を求める場合には、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。
nandakandamanda at 10:15 PM JST - 31st October

SumoBob, you are right, but many of the police cannot be bothered to get the name of the card right. If they demand "passu-po-to, ...PASSU-PO-TO!" don't say no and try to head home for it. Everyone should be very careful to quietly show their Gaikokujin Toroku-shomeisho.
moonbeams at 10:59 PM JST - 31st October

I didn't see any costumes
memyselfI at 09:20 AM JST - 1st November

Nothing happened !!!! It's ok !!! I was there I was riding the Y line nothing happened !!!!
Nessie at 09:22 AM JST - 1st November

**Nothing happened !!!! It's ok !!!

Thanks to the crackdown, no doubt.
YangYong at 12:22 PM JST - 1st November

Well done to the Tokyo please, the idiots stayed away.
Sammi33 at 06:57 PM JST - 2nd November

I still think they should have extra police protection and give the same treatment to Japanese during the bounenkai season.
memyselfI at 11:34 AM JST - 3rd November

Hello !!! Nothing happened !!! Halloween is a fun activity. I am sorry for Nessie I guess he or she wasn't invited to any Halloween parties. Nothing happened !!! I need extra police protection riding my bicycle from crazy drunk drivers and people who drive wrecklessly. When large numbers of gajin gather together, someone always gets scared.
KitsuneYoukai at 06:31 AM JST - 4th November

The news articles always make it a point to point out "Many of them westerners" type comments whenever they can distibguish non-Japanese people. However, by that mere comment you know that there were many Japanese as well. Next they will say "They've been corrupted by westerners." Like I hear many Asians say when their kids act unruly.