I flew into Tokyo this "morning" for a series of meetings, including the 6th of the Privacy Summits we've been running under the Liberty Alliance banner.
Of all the headlines you don't really want to see as you arrive in a city, "Seven dead in knife attack" is probably quite near the top of the list. Though I have to say, my (all too) brief experience of Tokyo and Sapporo suggests that you'd have to look for trouble quite determinedly to run into it on the streets.
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Yes, it's quite safe here. I'm from the U.S., and I can't believe how nervous I feel when I travel back to San Francisco or Boston or New York after living in Tokyo -- especially considering the size of Tokyo and the population density. But the violence that you point to here is increasing, unfortunately.
Next time you are here, let me know. ;)
Posted by Jim Grisanzio on June 20, 2008 at 06:39 AM GMT+00:00 #