Hi all
Maybe there is a similar post already and if there is, sorry for the spam.
I just wanted opinions on how worried I should be about Japanese police taking photocopy of my liscence and residence card and noting down my phone number as well.
Back story:
I had to change address on my liscence and thought that maybe the lunch break of around 45 mins at work would be enough and drove to the only police station in my area that can actually do.
While I was doing the procedure for address change, an old policeman came and started talking to me. He asked general questions and later asked me let him copy the residence card and drivers liscence (apparently he deals with overstaying foreigners) to which I couldn’t say no because I wanted to finish quickly to go back to work.
I don’t have any visa related problems but since I never got stopped by police even while over speeding on car or motorbike up until now, should I be worried ?
Does police harass you here in Japan as well ?
by johnsnow61