One of the things that Japanese schools don’t teach their students is respect for other people and their property!
It takes Mr Ando’s students up to 30 minutes everyday to vacate a small area near the school where I live.
It’s interesting to see residents in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward have a similar problem.
Ward wants youths to ‘buzz off’
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Hoping to discourage noisy young people from hanging out at a park here, Tokyo’s Adachi Ward tonight will begin broadcasting annoying “mosquito-like” buzzing sounds.
The Mosquito, a device developed by a British scientist, will be turned on from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily at Kita-Shikahama Park, where youths loiter and make noise at night.
Nearby residents complained they couldn’t sleep because of the noise.
The high-frequency sounds of about 18 kilohertz are inaudible to older people, officials said. Human hearing abilities typically peak at around age 20.
In fiscal 2008, vandals caused about 700,000 yen in damage at the park, including broken windows at a park office and broken toilets.
About 30 Mosquito devices have been sold in Japan since the device was introduced in December, according to sales agent Melc Co. (IHT/Asahi: May 21,2009). http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905210070.html
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