A large number of Japanese girls were photographed lying drunk on the street late at night, and the video was uploaded 61 million times, and netizens actually praised Japan's law and order.

It is often said that women should not walk home alone in the middle of the night. This is because there are many unexpected dangers hidden in the darkness of the late night.

But in Japan, there are tons of women lying on the streets late at night in revealing and unapologetic clothing.

Whether it’s in front of a closed door

or on the corners of walls

Or even in a stairwell

Or just lying on the floor instead of sitting down.

These images are from a late-night video shot by a netizen in Japan. The video was uploaded to X old Twitter page and received 61 million views in just five days. Many people were shocked by the late-night scene and asked in the comments section if this was a daily occurrence in Japan.

Another group of people also raved in the comments section about how good the law and order is in Japan – after all, there are women-only carriages in Japan, and cell phone photos come with their own sound. So it’s hard to imagine what kind of atrocities women are subjected to in Japan ? What an original point of view!

Some European and American users on X said that in their own countries, women lying on the road like this late at night are mostly victims of domestic violence, drunkenness, drug use, assault, etc., so they would definitely choose to call the police. But in Japan, it’s not uncommon for people to do this.

Japan’s law and order is really good, the sky for the bed, women lying on the street late at night, and do not have to worry about personal safety!

Is this really the case? Is this kind of phenomenon normal?

As we all know, Japan has a relatively good law and order situation, and the crime rate is at a low level globally, which is why many people choose it as their first choice of travel destination. However, good law and order does not mean absolute safety, and the level of safety in Japan has been overly mythologized by some people, even leading to the neglect of social problems.

Sexual harassment, stalking and other crimes against women are still commonplace in Japan, especially on public transportation, and the problem of stalkers has always been a persistent social problem that is difficult to eradicate. Otherwise, why are there posters everywhere in public places such as train and subway stations in Japan that prohibit clandestine photography and illegalize stalking?

If law and order is really so good that there is no need to worry about it, why is it necessary to set up women-only carriages or make it mandatory for all cell phones to make noise when taking photographs to prevent clandestine photo-taking? The existence of these measures precisely reflects the persistence and prevalence of such problems. Japanese society is still facing challenges in ensuring women’s safety, and it is far from being as carefree as the outside world thinks.

In addition, Japanese women lying on the road late at night, pedestrians are oblivious to this, and there are even good people who take video without mosaic and upload it to the Internet, a behavior that many foreigners also said they could not understand!

Young girls lying on the street like this is not normal, because they also have a daughter, will certainly be very worried, can only pray that nothing happens.

This happens in big cities in the U.S. too, and the defenselessness is worrisome. I would go to my female friend and make sure she gets home safely.

I have to say that the cultural concepts of individualism and not caring about one’s own affairs are deep in the marrow of the Japanese people’s bones.

Many Japanese believe that not interfering in other people’s affairs is a mature social rule, especially when dealing with strangers, and that interfering too much is out of place. Even if they see a woman collapsed in the street late at night, many passers-by may just turn a blind eye to the fact that the woman is just drunk or that they shouldn’t meddle in the affairs of others.

But those who are watching will stop and take a few videos, then post them on the Internet without coding them, racking their brains to come up with an intriguing caption.

This kind of behavior not only violates the privacy of the people involved, but also exposes the problem of cyber ethics and privacy protection in Japanese society. There’s even a channel on YouTube dedicated to the topic of sleeping on the street. Just by secretly filming women collapsing on the road late at night, it has garnered nearly 1 million total views.

It’s hard to imagine what kind of people are in front of the screen and what kind of mindset they have when watching these videos!

Another thing that we have to look into is that most of these videos are shot in the famous red-light districts of Tokyo, such as Kabukicho and Okubo Park. So most of the people sleeping on the floor are escorts and custom workers. They work in nightclubs, clubs or kinky stores, and they fall on the streets late at night after work, tired from drinking or drunk by their clients.

The ones in Okubo Park are more likely to be women standing on the street soliciting customers. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of this phenomenon in some parts of Japan, especially in Okubo, where many women stand on the street soliciting customers, and then rest or even fall asleep on the side of the road after the transaction due to the effects of alcohol or drugs. Of course, there are also many women who are aid workers, women who look for clients through social media or specialized platforms, and then collapse on the side of the road at the end of the transaction due to fatigue or drunkenness.

In other words, these images are not just a reflection of the culture of drunkenness, but the tip of the iceberg of certain social problems.

Japan is a high-consumption society, and the cost of living is extremely high, especially in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Many young women, especially those from low-income groups or those in debt, such as those who are addicted to luxury goods, gambling, and celebrity chasing, often choose to enter the entertainment industry in order to earn an income that far exceeds that of a normal job.

The pay is much more attractive than that of a nine-to-five white-collar job, so many women are forced or motivated to enter the industry in order to earn a high income in a short period of time.

Japan’s deep-rooted hospitality culture has also contributed to the rapid growth of the industry. Business people often need to socialize and build relationships through social interaction. This culture has given rise to a large number of escort establishments, such as izakaya, clubs and nightclubs, where men are usually the main clients and women are portrayed as waitresses.

Japanese society also has a relatively high acceptance of women in the pleasure industry, and many women see it as a short-term means of earning money and not exactly a social stigma. To put it another way, Japanese society encourages women to enter the custom industry to a certain extent It’s more difficult to comment on that.

The nature of the Japanese custom industry itself also contributes to the phenomenon of women getting drunk on the streets. Nightclubs, escort hotels, and kink stores often have consumption patterns that are highly tied to alcohol, and female workers often need to consume large amounts of alcohol in order to keep up with their work. Some establishments even encourage their employees to get drunk in order to create a more enthusiastic consumption atmosphere and make customers more willing to spend money.

In some extreme cases, women are even forced to drink or use drugs to make them lose consciousness and eventually collapse on the streets. Which brings us to the scene in the video.

These women collapsing on the streets are not just drunks, they are victims of an entire social structure. When the streets of a country are frequented by drunken women late at night, we should not only look at the appearance of good law and order, but also think about what kind of social mechanisms have brought them to this point.

The fact that a society has become accustomed to the presence of drunken women lying on the streets late at night, and is not surprised by it, and even regards it as part of its culture, speaks for itself.

True safety should not be about women relying on mere neglect to avoid danger, but about a society that provides sufficient guarantees of economic independence, legal protection and dignity, rather than being a nameless figure on the streets at night.

A large number of Japanese girls were photographed lying drunk on the street late at night, and the video was uploaded 61 million times, and netizens actually praised Japan’s law and order.

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