r/nottheonion • u/PaigeWylderOwO • 4d ago

Japan's first strike! Chinese woman was prosecuted for riding an electric suitcase on the streets of Osaka

https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/6unag_7azke.html

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u/dontmindifididdlydo 4d ago

woman, who is in her 30s and an international student living in Osaka's Hohana district

the woman was riding in an electric suitcase with a maximum speed of 13 km/h, so it was an electric bicycle (light motorcycle), and the rider required a driving licence, but the woman failed to show it, and was prosecuted

so this has absolutely fuck all to do with the fact that she's chinese

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u/ironic-hat 4d ago edited 4d ago

Foreign nationals are often mentioned in these types of scenarios since prosecuting them can occasionally become an international affair depending on what the relationship between the two countries is like.

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u/2e9z1951vl0ygrurlbpx 3d ago

Except Americans, they can go to suicide forests to make videos there or even rape underage children and the Japanese wouldn't care because Japan is America's 51st state.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 3d ago

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u/fluffywabbit88 3d ago

Adult children exists

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u/king_john651 3d ago

I'm a child at heart even though I upgraded 10 years ago

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u/Spcctral 3d ago

Please never say you are a child at heart in a thread about PDFs ever again lmao

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u/icecore 3d ago

Okinawans are Japanese citizens but the main landers don't consider them truly Japanese, allegedly. They were suppose to gain independence after ww2 but the US let Japan keep it in exchange for building military bases on it.

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u/Phact-Heckler 3d ago

Someone tell me anything they said was wrong and why it was downvoted?

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u/chikochi 3d ago

So what you’re saying is that they should be prosecuted by the letter of the law which is what’s happening here just like US soldiers who get caught raping

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u/Its_the_other_tj 4d ago

A long long time ago when I frequented big concerts we'd often come across people that had motorized coolers that they would drive around the parking lots. Those were the people you wanted to pregame with. Just the perfect blend of lazy, nerdy, and enthusiastic.

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u/Realistic-Minute5016 3d ago

Japanese newspapers love giving lots of details about crime suspects. They include their age, gender, town of residence and employment status.

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u/FortCharles 3d ago

laitimes.com is apparently a Chinese site.

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u/Nawnp 3d ago

She's a Chinese citizen so the media will try to bring the Chinese government into it.

Breaking the law is breaking the law still and she should have known better.

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u/cryo_burned 3d ago

an electric suitcase with a maximum speed of 13 km/h, so it was an electric bicycle (light motorcycle

An electric bicycle that goes slower at it's maximum speed than a person in good shape can jog is considered a light motorcycle?

That law is the real crime here lol. Imagine getting passed up by people on foot then getting a speeding ticket, let alone sent to jail for no license

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u/SeanTYH 3d ago

Probably bad translation. Rather than light motorcycle, it should be more of a scooter. Though regardless the law isn’t the issue here.

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u/dontmindifididdlydo 3d ago

Rather than light motorcycle, it should be more of a scooter

isn't a scooter.... just a light motorcycle?

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u/SeanTYH 3d ago

Probably. But when I hear the word motorcycle, it gives me the impression that it is more powerful than a scooter which doesn’t go as fast

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u/Which_Bed 3d ago

Funny, when I pointed this out on the Japan sub here, it was the most downvoted comment. People just really want get their anti-China hate on

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u/viperabyss 4d ago

Japan's first strike! Chinese woman was prosecuted for riding an electric suitcase on the streets of Osaka

The title focuses on the fact that the woman was Chinese, instead of "a woman who doesn't have license".

Clearly a hit piece trying to drum up nationalism among Chinese.

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u/Tactical_Moonstone 4d ago

The domain is also very suspicious as well, like it is intended to confuse users into thinking it is the LA Times.

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u/koh_kun 4d ago

If I'm not mistaken, a bunch of Japanese articles mention she's Chinese so it's kind of fair game.

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u/viperabyss 3d ago

It's one thing to mention she was a Chinese, and another to highlight it in the title of the article without any context.

It's very clear this article is meant portray her being a racially targeted prosecution to drum up anti-Japanese sentiment among Chinese. Disgusting, really.