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Tokyo Government Uses Simulation Game to Warn Students Against Illegal Part-Time Jobs

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has teamed up with Classroom Adventure to use the game "Ray's Gone" for educational purposes.

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S2Killinit40d ago

What is an illegal part time job?

Abriael40d ago

If you read the article, you'd know.
That's what these things under the headline and the picture are for.

VenomUK40d ago

@S2Killnit: ‘What is an illegal part time job?’ It’s a non-full time job that is not legal.

S2Killinit39d ago

thanks for sprinkling me with a bit of knowledge from your mighty brain. Since you are so generous maybe you can also answer my question? Those things under the headline did not fully answer my question. Thus my question.

Abriael39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

@S2Killinit: literally the second and third paragraphs.

"The game is an educational simulation that reproduces the environment of social networking sites to expose the problem of “Yami Baito,” which literally translates as “shady part-time jobs.”

It’s an issue that has been on the rise recently in Japan, with young people lured by criminal organizations and tricked into committing crimes like scams, theft, or even outright robbery. The highly publicized daylight raid of a watch store in Ginza in 2023 is believed to be connected with “Yami Baito.”"

Just admit that you've read only the headline and perhaps the description here. It's fine. You're far from the only one.

S2Killinit37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Except, I read the whole thing and yet wanted more. But instead of someone willing to share knowledge I got someone with sass. 💁‍♂️

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Knushwood Butt40d ago

Basically being hired by criminals to perform armed robbery, and similar, often with old people as the target. The victims sometimes get killed.

S2Killinit39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

Thank you for the response, unlike the wise people up top. But yeah its strange though. I wonder how that works. I mean who would be willing to get paid hourly to do robbery? Why not just do it for yourself if you are committing robbery. Especially in a country like Japan. There is literally no crime there.

Knushwood Butt38d ago

You're welcome.

Well, I don't know all the details, but the people organizing it are often overseas and somehow get information on who are thought to be lucrative targets; often old people that it's thought have piles of cash in their homes. They then recruit people to do the dirty work, probably for a cut of the takings.
Sometimes, due to poor planning, people with no money are the victims.
They can't do it themselves without the information on who to target.
There is crime in Japan, but it's not so in your face; mostly behind closed doors.