The Japanese and rules and regulations

[nhazmi]

Hi everyone, I am very curious to get information on the trend the japanese have on following rules and regulations pacifically... does anyone have any ideas? Any story worth sharing? It's for a project I am currently involved in.

Thanks!

[Emoni]

Sorry but you're going to have to narrow down this a heck of a lot more than this. Right now it just sounds like you want someone to do your homework.

[nhazmi]

It's not a homework... I think my query was plain, I am looking for any sort of story where new rules were introduced to a community and they were immediately followed... for example, a new rule in regards to parking, or waste disposal... I am just trying to bring to light how cooperative the Japanese are as a people and how they follow any rules introduced in their community pacifically... which can't always be said about western countries. I am just asking if anyone has any examples to share, or story, someone who is currently living in Japan...
Has this made it clearer?

[caster51]

in case of waste disposal, there is a Neighborhood association(one for about 100 families) in every district.
many Neighborhood association house( jichikai or chonaikai) are in local shinto shrine....
like this
http://bbs.enjoykorea.jp/tbbs/read.php?board_id=pvillage&page=6&nid=40900
furthermore,these Neighborhood association are divided into a group of 5~10 families

year's budget ,Farival, sports day, cleaning day, disaster prevention ...so on.
Those methods are discussed by each chief of group...
each chief of group passed circular notice or report to group members..
a chief is changed every year by rotation

I am just trying to bring to light how cooperative the Japanese are as a people and how they follow any rules
if you dont follow without any reasons.
you will be a murahachibu(ignore or ostracism).

.Japanese Community Center
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=1GswJhZRtko

[Glenski]

You weren't clear in your first post. It said nothing about new rules/regs and how the Japanese respond.

Answers will depend on what sort of rule/reg you talk about.

1. Government wanted to initiate a national ID card system here. Japanese protested. Government put together many private records regardless. Some got lost. The system was abolished.

2. My school changed its rules about what teachers have to do when they buy something, from a pencil to a pH meter. You now have to physically show it to the accountant, who stamps your receipt before you enter the purchase in your computer records. People have begrudgingly accepted this.

3. Public smoking has become less and less acceptable. You'll have to read up on what responses have come from people, especially in places where you can actually be fined for smoking outdoors in public.

4. A couple of years ago, the recycling law was changed so that people had to pay for various items like TVs or air conditioners in order to dispose of them. In various areas of the country, some people responded by dumping their goods on the sides of roads or in the country to avoid this.

[JerseyBoy]

3. Public smoking has become less and less acceptable. You'll have to read up on what responses have come from people, especially in places where you can actually be fined for smoking outdoors in public.
That's a good news. When I came back to Japan about a year and a half ago, the first thing I smelled was the cigarette smoke in the public area. I ended up keeping getting whiff of second-hand smoke over the course of day every day in Japan (I hate the smell of smoke).

[Emoni]

That's a good news. When I came back to Japan about a year and a half ago, the first thing I smelled was the cigarette smoke in the public area. I ended up keeping getting whiff of second-hand smoke over the course of day every day in Japan (I hate the smell of smoke).

In the situation of smoke everywhere. I always did wonder about just letting one go, preferably a silent but deadly type. If they complain or give looks, just point to their cigarette.

[Glenski]

I didn't say smoking was banned in most places. Please understand that. It is reduced, yes, and only certain (read: very few) places have banned it in public.

You might still be accosted by smoke in restaurants, even in nonsmoking areas (where it might be designated as such simply by the waitperson removing the ash tray).

Recent news article talked about locals requesting that there be more nonsmoking areas on the train platforms, so you can see it has not gone away.

[Emoni]

I didn't say smoking was banned in most places. Please understand that. It is reduced, yes, and only certain (read: very few) places have banned it in public.

You might still be accosted by smoke in restaurants, even in nonsmoking areas (where it might be designated as such simply by the waitperson removing the ash tray).

Recent news article talked about locals requesting that there be more nonsmoking areas on the train platforms, so you can see it has not gone away.

That's a shame because smoke everywhere when you are just trying to eat gets damn annoying blowing in your face. Breathing cancer isn't what I consider a good time.

[Numark]

That's a shame because smoke everywhere when you are just trying to eat gets damn annoying blowing in your face. Breathing cancer isn't what I consider a good time.

My friend and I made the mistake of accidentally riding in a smoking car on the shinkansen... hey, tons of open seats! we thought. By the end of the ride we both so sick... and flying high too- neither of us smoke and it was basically the equivalent of us both sitting down and smoking a pack... I was literally shaking. never again!

[Glenski]

Numark,
But that was your mistake, not a case of the Japanese responding to any rules.

[Emoni]

My friend and I made the mistake of accidentally riding in a smoking car on the shinkansen... hey, tons of open seats! we thought. By the end of the ride we both so sick... and flying high too- neither of us smoke and it was basically the equivalent of us both sitting down and smoking a pack... I was literally shaking. never again!
Oh wow, that sounds absolutely awful... I had no idea it was still allowed on the shinkansen.