Re: [tlug] [OT] Interesting info for foreigners living in JP

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

CL writes:

 > Just don't start telling them what the law says and what your
 > rights are ...

The old sailing ditty is quite appropriate for Japan:

    Here lies the body of Micheal O'Shea
    Who died defending the Right of Way
    He was right, dead right, as he sailed along
    But he's just as dead as had he been dead wrong.

Custom is far more binding than law in this country.  That's why Horie
and Murakami got jail terms, while the incompetents and crooks they
were greenmailing got bonuses and amakudari sinecures.