TOKYO — The capital’s Shibuya Ward has lifted a severe Gaijin Advisory issued last week as Halloween has ended. The advisory, the highest on Japan’s level of 150, had warned of bread shortages from mask-clad gaijin chomping down on every morsel in sight.
Steven R. Smith, a freelance translator who says he “actually lives in Japan,” said he is happy the advisory has been lifted. “Now my bread is safe,” he said.
Gaijin Advisories are, in principle, issued at times when a high number of gaijin are envisaged to descend on an area, putting bread, hamburgers and another thing at risk.