it is safer so long as you are ok with your rights being infringed every now and then.
https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/v8p9ga/japanese_poli...
> You can't carry ANY dangerous objects without a justified reason. E.g., you're going camping.
> The blade length is one law. Carrying it without reason is another law.
> Don't leave tools in your car, for example. You can get arrested over a screwdriver.
As an aside, I'm not sure how we are being consistent in the west. We have all-powerful governments that literally have life and death power over us, and yet we cosplay about having "rights" like privacy. I know it's not a fair comparison and there is nuance, but on some level we have to understand that we are subjects, property even, because we have no fundamental rights if we have government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Japan
Imagine seriously claiming Japan is non racist and a good place for non Japanese to prosper (maybe white folks can).
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498513920/Embedded-Racism-Japans...
> Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile 'foreign-looking' bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrators, and pundits portray foreigners as a national security threat and call for their segregation and expulsion.
Japanphiles will sing and dance around this discrimination.
I'll elect to go a step further than your criticisms in that I think it's beyond racism in that country. They can be kind of mean over there even within each other. It's a culture where bullying is super common and getting along there is understanding that people will probably not meet the average western ideals of "niceness" in general. But hey at least they won't steal from you