A public service announcement.
WOWOW will invite 100 people the special showing of the first episode of #TokyoVice on April 5
The series is based on the book Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter On The Police Beat in Japan written by the managing editor of this site.
Those who are starting a new life in Tokyo this April are welcome to apply
Follow @tokyovice_wowow
RT the tweet below↓
The application cut-off is 23:59, March 27, one minute before Jake’s birthday, March 28th.
(Ironically, the only other other famous person in Japan who shares Jake’s birthday was Kazuo Taoka, the 3rd generation leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the “godfather of godfathers”)
Good luck! Winners will be notified by DM on twitter.
Why is it you have so much against Japan as a country and the japanese as a population? And then, why bother learning the language, the culture and their alphabet? And why staying so much in Japan? It doesnt make any sense? If only to demote an entire population. I have seen a lot worse than Japan in many places around the world. Also underworlds and everything dark under their sun.
If you don’t address social problems or recognise they exist, nothing changes. I love Japan and many Japanese people are hard-working, honest, and polite. That doesn’t mean the society doesn’t have problems, such as child poverty, gender inequality, discrimination against: the handicapped, women, foreigners, especially Korean Japanese—powerful organised crime, nuclear dangers, staggering injustice in the legal system, repression of the free press, sexual assault on women with impunity for many assailants, rampant labor exploitation, death by overwork, and political corruption. Ignoring the problems doesn’t make them better. If you are offended by that, rethink your love of Japan.
The Japanese government has stated: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all human beings are born free and have the right to live with dignity. Many people in the world, however, are not able to enjoy their rights. The United Nations has thus engaged itself in activities to improve human rights situations. Japan strongly supports UN activities in the human rights field, believing that all human rights are universal”
Is it unfair to expect Japan to live up to its promises?