[alanX]

I'm just going to throw my two sense in here...by saying I think is total BullShhh as well.

When I was in Sapporo, a cd player and about 10 CD's of mine went missing. Later that day, I happened to bumb into a police officer at a Family King (i think it was a family king, but basically it was a family mart) and we started talking about random things, as I had never talked to a Japanese police officer before. He told me he was on break, etc, and we made small chat for a while. To make a long story short, I described the CD player and named a few CD's, and he said he'd keep a look out for them, and I gave him a number to reach me.

That morning, I received a phone call from him, saying he found my cd player on a park bench in Odori Park. Not only did he take the time to call a foreign american, but he also held it personally untill I was able to go pick it up from him.

So, I'm not saying you didn't get mugged. I'm saying that what your telling us about the police is BS. You might have even seen "No Foreigners" signs, as those are common (I think there is a thread about them) in small business to keep the flow of business running smoothly, usually due to the lack of Only-Japanese speaking staff.

So, I think you're lying. And there are tons of things I dislike about Japan, so I'm not in some anime obsessed fairy-tale world. (I hate anime, to be honest)