Guy Sneaks Into The Fukushima Exclusion Zone, Posts Never-Before-Seen Pics Of Town Untouched Since 2011
When the Fukushima nuclear disaster struck Japan, residents within 18 miles of the plant were urged to evacuate. Five years have passed since then and the established exclusion zone is still closed to outsiders.
However, human desire to explore the unknown sometimes wins over set rules and regulations. Keow Wee Loong, a 27 -year-old Malaysian photographer, chose to ignore long government procedures and illegally snuck into Fukushima’s exclusion zone, bypassing police patrols and barricades. “It feels like a real-life version of Fallout” – Keow Wee told Bored Panda. Equipped with only a gas mask, the daredevil didn’t fear to expose his bare skin to heightened levels of radiation in order to snap some never-before-seen photos of towns, untouched since 2011.
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Fukushima, unlike Chernobyl, has not been looted yet
Abandoned supermarkets got raided by animals that were left behind
Pornographic magazines, issued March, 2011
The book store
Mouthwash from 2011. Still sealed
Video rental shop has a 2011 movie poster outside, half of the inside is filled with hentai videos
People left so quickly, they forgot their laundry. A lot of yen coins scattered all around
Time stopped in towns Okuma, Namie, Futaba, Tamioka
Another huge supermarket in Namie with many items still in place
More magazines from the same date
A box of unopened PS2 in an abandoned home
An abandoned pub in Namie
A lot of limited edition collections can be found in the CD shop
Abandoned train station of Namie
One of the barricades in Okuma town
Gas masks but sandals? No Geiger counter? Besides, there is a thin line between catatrophe tourism and keeping the memory alive as well as between investigative reporting and sensationalism.
I know, really? I thought wearing gas mask, gloves but not wearing long pants and shoes?
http://fukushima-diary.com/2016/02/tepco-to-start-removing-protective-clothing-from-fukushima-plant-workers/
you can wash your body and you will be perfectly fine. but you can't wash your lungs, can you.
i don't think you can just wash radiation away?
Yes, but the sandals? Cut yourself and you might be in trouble. Cutting your toes in sandals happens quite quickly.
yeah mary, regular pants increase radiation resistance by 40% min.
I thought he was hiding his face, as he was trespassing?
His name was given out, though
My first thought, when I noticed! LoL
You see a gas mask is used for breathing. We don't breath through skin
The gas mask is a trend in Japanese fashion... He's probably wearing it for that reason..
A face mask is a fashion trend, not a gas mask.
It's not a trend :D This is not a hijab. It has a practical use. Google helps.
Sneaking into a abandoned supermarket to read outdated porno magazines,this guy is is really a daredevil
they shouldn't be touching stuff with bare hands...
What do you think people usually do around porno magazines?
I love how the only place where they didn't leave their product behind was the bar. not one bottle left behind. Shows humanities needs versus priorities.
They drank it all!!!! That's why there was none left. LOL
I know, right? Lol
and the Darwin award goes to......
...that moron walking around a radioactive hot zone wearing SHORTS!!!
ITT: People who don't understand radioactive fallout. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/03/17/134627643/decontamination-after-radiation-exposure-simpler-than-you-may-think
I would think the Japanese would understand it better than anyone in history ! That guy knows the risk , and the stores did not look flooded . That place is probably far away from the plant but within the fallout zone . Just a little residual radiation . Not a hot zone .
This made me feel sad about the animals that were abandoned.
Is this guy future xmen?
You can't tell because of the mask, but that's Keith Richards. A little radiation won't hurt him.
We will have a post of him in the future with two noses snd four ears :-)
usually it will effect the newborn.
With the caption "My bad, should of had a V8!"
By posting your true identity are you not at risk of the authorities coming after the fact.
Outstanding piece of modern photojournalism.
Enjoy your cancer, genius.
...... what?
Real question is did he take that all and came home?
What an idiot. There is a reason that people haven't been allowed back in. it's called radiation and it could kill him.
You should actually look up radioactive fallout rather than just assume you understand it. He has a gasmask. That's really all that is needed. You can literally wash fallout off of you since it is carried on dust and/or precipitation (I assume he didn't get rained on). The danger comes from breathing it in, which he clearly isn't.
Yes,u are right,washing yourself and throw your clothes away is simply enough,when u are not to long in the danger zone.
That must have been really cool but at the same time a little bit upsetting.
This collection while extremely depressing also stirs up feelings of us destroying our planet and ourselves. I found myself compelled to look closely at the photos and then look closely all over again.
Why couldn't he take some of the unopened stuff? If it's sealed in plastic or in a box?
Urbex code: Leave nothing, but footprints. Take nothing, but photographs.
"Never before seen" is an overstatement. http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ There are plenty of photographers that have come to the exclusion zone before him and they all bothered to gain permits to enter the zone and permission from the home owners to photograph inside their houses. Also, untouched? There's construction and decontamination work happening all over the three towns he visited. Most of his photos are no longer even inside the actual exclusion zone. The guy is just using the sensationalism of Fukushima to sell his story and his photos.
I thought they were really cool pictures. Thank you for sharing:)
I don't even care if he's touching things without gloves and shit, I'm just wondering why there was an unopened PS2 in 2011, those must be really strict Asian parents 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVWDaO8gmg
That seems fun to explore abandoned area
Even if he is fine after this exploration who knows what it may have done to his sperm if he ever becomes a father, either purposefully or accidently, he may end up regretting this adventure in the future. Don't know if it was worth the risk to see porn magazines from 5 years ago.
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
"But once radiactice particles get inside the body – through breathing in, but more importantly from ingestion – it can remain in tissues, possibly wreaking submicroscopic havoc, for a lifetime." You'd take that risk?
Fukushima is in a very sad state
https://says.com/my/news/malaysian-photographer-takes-risky-trek-into-radioactive-fukushima-red-zone
I feel like there should be more dust, dirt, weeds and leaves. It looked staged and too clean for sitting around since 2011.
So would the contents of the sealed cans eg. 'Baked beans' be already cooked.? "Yes I know the The contents won't be edible."
Would like to go there too, be more careful though and i dunno clean it a lil bit?
Lol Some people being know it all here. Can u just stop and appreciate this pictures.
Hentai in the video store, that's a sign of the times. We download it now.
Did we really need to know that half the store was full of hentai
I dont get why all the groceries are on the floor like that. How does something fall off the shelf like that?
I'm sure there are pretty good sums of money around there to
Wouldn't it all be covered in dust after 5+ years? Looks far too clean, and the lack of protective gear makes me think this is not real...
That's because it's disgraceful to act like animals in japan.
nice job malaysian..you are totally rocks..
Why would anybody steal food that has been in the radiation zone....?
why is everything scattered around like that? I have zero knowledge of nuclear fallout. Was there an explosion?
From the biggest earthquake ever to hit Fukushima which caused the Tsunami destroying the nuclear power plant causing the meltdown.
I think it's not such a big risk, most of the really dangerous particles wI'll have decayed, the biggest danger would be ingesting (or inhaling ) radioactive particles. He should have a dosimeter and I hope he took his iodine that morning, and decontamination when he leaves. long pants and shoes aren't really going to increase his safety unless I'm missing something, but I'm thinking of it like the radiation that occurs after a nuclear bomb is dropped so maybe there is some other factor that I'm missing.
So, in short... Fukushima was just as bad, if not worse then Chernobyl...wich happened in 1986, and only for a few years you may enter, under supervision.... This idiot goes into Fukushima unprotected 6 years after???? I wish him a painless death instead of the long suffering people got years after chernobyl.......
Fukishima is still leaking so it's worse than Chernobyl.
Boredpanda should have checked the veracity of the photos before posting this. http://mothership.sg/2016/07/fukushima-photographer-doubted-over-whether-photographs-were-really-taken-in-red-zone
hehehehe theft anyone? No? heheheheh
Well, good luck in avoiding the development of cancer... I'm glad it wasn't me. Interesting pictures.
He's probably dead. Just sayin
Aaaaaaaaand cancer.
This guy is nuts! If he was going to go at all, he should be in a full hazmat suit. Chernobyl is still not fit for habitation, this place is probably really high on the radiation charts. I think he's going to be really sorry.
hope he didn't steal anything :/
Shit gat all the money from every register Find gun shops or what ever you have there go to foot locker and cop all them Jordan's and get rid of them sandals lol
Shit get some good shit like guns knives alcohol Shit go to a foot locker trade in them sandals for every pair of Jordan's there mf
All I see is an thief walking around touching people's property. It is still people's property!
http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/attention-seeking-kid-keow-wee-loong/ No he didn't
Bold attempt to capture an abandoned world
Annnndddddd he faked it. Fantastic journalism, boredpanda.
Normal nuclear reactor fuel like strontium-90 and cesium-137 have half-lives of about 30 years which means after about 200-300 generations it may be safe to return to Fukushima. High level nuclear material is another story requiring maybe 12000 generations to pass. Man would not make it that far anyway so what the hey. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/radwaste.html
www.stolicaigr.ru
Awesome except the radiation would scare me!
The idea is good - but risking so much for those photos - seriously dude? I mean - are you insane or you just try the weirdest way to commit suicide?
I want to go there
Guy running in sandals like "I don't care, where is my nuka cola? I will throw in some Rad-away and fu radiation"
Looks like the booze in the bar departed as well.
Risking your life to wander around abandoned stores,? I think not.
RIP
I think us humans are doing a stellar job of being wards of the Earth. Whaddya think?
Hello, Please do not support the illegal and dangerous actions of Keow Wee Loong. This kid did nothing new. Photos of these places already have been published by people who did so with respect and not taking stupid dramatic poses. He's stated he had an "amazing" time, and was living out a childhood fantasy. He went to play and try and earn money from a tragedy. These places are not secret. They are barricaded to prevent looting and trespassing, which is what this person did. Here are some photos taken by a real journalist who got a proper permit from the government out of professionalism and respect instead of breaking into people's homes and businesses: http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ And here are photos of the other 99% of Fukushima, which is beautiful, alive, and active. Trying to move on and improve. If you're curious about what the non-disaster side of Japan's 3rd-largest prefecture is like outside the 20 km zone. http://fukushimalive.blogspot.jp
This chap is an idiot and will suffer like they Did at the two atomic bomb sites.
40 meters from the video rental store screenshot...71-png.jpg
btw, he's not the only one in Namie.. https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.4940676,141.0025772,3a,56.1y,307.85h,84.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smustncS7T5gaZxht1WxiRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
A busy place there,in Namie lot's of traffic... https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.494035,141.0024475,3a,75y,266.54h,78.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM2_OEjUpWVd26OmrolPIeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
radiation levels 2016 http://b-i.forbesimg.com/thumbnails/blog_2163/pt_2163_1867_o.jpg?t=1371533855
Btw. Google offers street-view mode of Namie after the blast,take a look...
Search for Futuba,Japan
oops Namie it is,https://www.google.nl/maps/place/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E6%B5%AA%E6%B1%9F%E5%BA%97/@37.4937924,141.0013275,3a,29.5y,219.54h,86.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sn_lKunNgpCmnohPNnqnm9w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dn_lKunNgpCmnohPNnqnm9w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.646812%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x6020ea1cc436b467:0xfc9fc542fdacebce!8m2!3d37.4935471!4d141.0010555!6m1!1e1
I can only imagine how I'd feel if I could do the same. The explorer in me wants to do it so bad!
LMAO! They wear a gas mask but wear shorts.
wow
this guy should have a Demron full body suit and a Geiger counter
a very bright future, right?
It would be interesting if this guy would get a radioactivity test in about a week to see what his levels of radioactivity is.
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
Its cool to visit some abandoned places ,but not the ones which can put you in health danger
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
Okay that's awesome. Pictures are really good, but as you said Maheak, upsetting and sad.
So, all these comments below pretending that the area is still radioactive. It hasn't been radioactive since the Rockefeller underwater nuke attack on Japan that caused the tsunami and the sabotage of the nuclear plant to cover for the radiation. More and more you all will see evidence that this long-term scare has been just that... A SCARE, and the sheep still just say, "Baaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaah"
No faster way to lose credibility than by talking about people being sheep
The abandoned ps2 was the saddest part :'(
He broke the law and violated Japanese people. Shameful.
Gas masks but sandals? No Geiger counter? Besides, there is a thin line between catatrophe tourism and keeping the memory alive as well as between investigative reporting and sensationalism.
I know, really? I thought wearing gas mask, gloves but not wearing long pants and shoes?
http://fukushima-diary.com/2016/02/tepco-to-start-removing-protective-clothing-from-fukushima-plant-workers/
you can wash your body and you will be perfectly fine. but you can't wash your lungs, can you.
i don't think you can just wash radiation away?
Yes, but the sandals? Cut yourself and you might be in trouble. Cutting your toes in sandals happens quite quickly.
yeah mary, regular pants increase radiation resistance by 40% min.
I thought he was hiding his face, as he was trespassing?
His name was given out, though
My first thought, when I noticed! LoL
You see a gas mask is used for breathing. We don't breath through skin
The gas mask is a trend in Japanese fashion... He's probably wearing it for that reason..
A face mask is a fashion trend, not a gas mask.
It's not a trend :D This is not a hijab. It has a practical use. Google helps.
Sneaking into a abandoned supermarket to read outdated porno magazines,this guy is is really a daredevil
they shouldn't be touching stuff with bare hands...
What do you think people usually do around porno magazines?
I love how the only place where they didn't leave their product behind was the bar. not one bottle left behind. Shows humanities needs versus priorities.
They drank it all!!!! That's why there was none left. LOL
I know, right? Lol
and the Darwin award goes to......
...that moron walking around a radioactive hot zone wearing SHORTS!!!
ITT: People who don't understand radioactive fallout. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/03/17/134627643/decontamination-after-radiation-exposure-simpler-than-you-may-think
I would think the Japanese would understand it better than anyone in history ! That guy knows the risk , and the stores did not look flooded . That place is probably far away from the plant but within the fallout zone . Just a little residual radiation . Not a hot zone .
This made me feel sad about the animals that were abandoned.
Is this guy future xmen?
You can't tell because of the mask, but that's Keith Richards. A little radiation won't hurt him.
We will have a post of him in the future with two noses snd four ears :-)
usually it will effect the newborn.
With the caption "My bad, should of had a V8!"
By posting your true identity are you not at risk of the authorities coming after the fact.
Outstanding piece of modern photojournalism.
Enjoy your cancer, genius.
...... what?
Real question is did he take that all and came home?
What an idiot. There is a reason that people haven't been allowed back in. it's called radiation and it could kill him.
You should actually look up radioactive fallout rather than just assume you understand it. He has a gasmask. That's really all that is needed. You can literally wash fallout off of you since it is carried on dust and/or precipitation (I assume he didn't get rained on). The danger comes from breathing it in, which he clearly isn't.
Yes,u are right,washing yourself and throw your clothes away is simply enough,when u are not to long in the danger zone.
That must have been really cool but at the same time a little bit upsetting.
This collection while extremely depressing also stirs up feelings of us destroying our planet and ourselves. I found myself compelled to look closely at the photos and then look closely all over again.
Why couldn't he take some of the unopened stuff? If it's sealed in plastic or in a box?
Urbex code: Leave nothing, but footprints. Take nothing, but photographs.
"Never before seen" is an overstatement. http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ There are plenty of photographers that have come to the exclusion zone before him and they all bothered to gain permits to enter the zone and permission from the home owners to photograph inside their houses. Also, untouched? There's construction and decontamination work happening all over the three towns he visited. Most of his photos are no longer even inside the actual exclusion zone. The guy is just using the sensationalism of Fukushima to sell his story and his photos.
I thought they were really cool pictures. Thank you for sharing:)
I don't even care if he's touching things without gloves and shit, I'm just wondering why there was an unopened PS2 in 2011, those must be really strict Asian parents 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVWDaO8gmg
That seems fun to explore abandoned area
Even if he is fine after this exploration who knows what it may have done to his sperm if he ever becomes a father, either purposefully or accidently, he may end up regretting this adventure in the future. Don't know if it was worth the risk to see porn magazines from 5 years ago.
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
"But once radiactice particles get inside the body – through breathing in, but more importantly from ingestion – it can remain in tissues, possibly wreaking submicroscopic havoc, for a lifetime." You'd take that risk?
Fukushima is in a very sad state
https://says.com/my/news/malaysian-photographer-takes-risky-trek-into-radioactive-fukushima-red-zone
I feel like there should be more dust, dirt, weeds and leaves. It looked staged and too clean for sitting around since 2011.
So would the contents of the sealed cans eg. 'Baked beans' be already cooked.? "Yes I know the The contents won't be edible."
Would like to go there too, be more careful though and i dunno clean it a lil bit?
Lol Some people being know it all here. Can u just stop and appreciate this pictures.
Hentai in the video store, that's a sign of the times. We download it now.
Did we really need to know that half the store was full of hentai
I dont get why all the groceries are on the floor like that. How does something fall off the shelf like that?
I'm sure there are pretty good sums of money around there to
Wouldn't it all be covered in dust after 5+ years? Looks far too clean, and the lack of protective gear makes me think this is not real...
That's because it's disgraceful to act like animals in japan.
nice job malaysian..you are totally rocks..
Why would anybody steal food that has been in the radiation zone....?
why is everything scattered around like that? I have zero knowledge of nuclear fallout. Was there an explosion?
From the biggest earthquake ever to hit Fukushima which caused the Tsunami destroying the nuclear power plant causing the meltdown.
I think it's not such a big risk, most of the really dangerous particles wI'll have decayed, the biggest danger would be ingesting (or inhaling ) radioactive particles. He should have a dosimeter and I hope he took his iodine that morning, and decontamination when he leaves. long pants and shoes aren't really going to increase his safety unless I'm missing something, but I'm thinking of it like the radiation that occurs after a nuclear bomb is dropped so maybe there is some other factor that I'm missing.
So, in short... Fukushima was just as bad, if not worse then Chernobyl...wich happened in 1986, and only for a few years you may enter, under supervision.... This idiot goes into Fukushima unprotected 6 years after???? I wish him a painless death instead of the long suffering people got years after chernobyl.......
Fukishima is still leaking so it's worse than Chernobyl.
Boredpanda should have checked the veracity of the photos before posting this. http://mothership.sg/2016/07/fukushima-photographer-doubted-over-whether-photographs-were-really-taken-in-red-zone
hehehehe theft anyone? No? heheheheh
Well, good luck in avoiding the development of cancer... I'm glad it wasn't me. Interesting pictures.
He's probably dead. Just sayin
Aaaaaaaaand cancer.
This guy is nuts! If he was going to go at all, he should be in a full hazmat suit. Chernobyl is still not fit for habitation, this place is probably really high on the radiation charts. I think he's going to be really sorry.
hope he didn't steal anything :/
Shit gat all the money from every register Find gun shops or what ever you have there go to foot locker and cop all them Jordan's and get rid of them sandals lol
Shit get some good shit like guns knives alcohol Shit go to a foot locker trade in them sandals for every pair of Jordan's there mf
All I see is an thief walking around touching people's property. It is still people's property!
http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/attention-seeking-kid-keow-wee-loong/ No he didn't
Bold attempt to capture an abandoned world
Annnndddddd he faked it. Fantastic journalism, boredpanda.
Normal nuclear reactor fuel like strontium-90 and cesium-137 have half-lives of about 30 years which means after about 200-300 generations it may be safe to return to Fukushima. High level nuclear material is another story requiring maybe 12000 generations to pass. Man would not make it that far anyway so what the hey. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/radwaste.html
www.stolicaigr.ru
Awesome except the radiation would scare me!
The idea is good - but risking so much for those photos - seriously dude? I mean - are you insane or you just try the weirdest way to commit suicide?
I want to go there
Guy running in sandals like "I don't care, where is my nuka cola? I will throw in some Rad-away and fu radiation"
Looks like the booze in the bar departed as well.
Risking your life to wander around abandoned stores,? I think not.
RIP
I think us humans are doing a stellar job of being wards of the Earth. Whaddya think?
Hello, Please do not support the illegal and dangerous actions of Keow Wee Loong. This kid did nothing new. Photos of these places already have been published by people who did so with respect and not taking stupid dramatic poses. He's stated he had an "amazing" time, and was living out a childhood fantasy. He went to play and try and earn money from a tragedy. These places are not secret. They are barricaded to prevent looting and trespassing, which is what this person did. Here are some photos taken by a real journalist who got a proper permit from the government out of professionalism and respect instead of breaking into people's homes and businesses: http://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/ And here are photos of the other 99% of Fukushima, which is beautiful, alive, and active. Trying to move on and improve. If you're curious about what the non-disaster side of Japan's 3rd-largest prefecture is like outside the 20 km zone. http://fukushimalive.blogspot.jp
This chap is an idiot and will suffer like they Did at the two atomic bomb sites.
40 meters from the video rental store screenshot...71-png.jpg
btw, he's not the only one in Namie.. https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.4940676,141.0025772,3a,56.1y,307.85h,84.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smustncS7T5gaZxht1WxiRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
A busy place there,in Namie lot's of traffic... https://www.google.nl/maps/@37.494035,141.0024475,3a,75y,266.54h,78.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM2_OEjUpWVd26OmrolPIeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
radiation levels 2016 http://b-i.forbesimg.com/thumbnails/blog_2163/pt_2163_1867_o.jpg?t=1371533855
Btw. Google offers street-view mode of Namie after the blast,take a look...
Search for Futuba,Japan
oops Namie it is,https://www.google.nl/maps/place/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E6%B5%AA%E6%B1%9F%E5%BA%97/@37.4937924,141.0013275,3a,29.5y,219.54h,86.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sn_lKunNgpCmnohPNnqnm9w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dn_lKunNgpCmnohPNnqnm9w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.646812%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x6020ea1cc436b467:0xfc9fc542fdacebce!8m2!3d37.4935471!4d141.0010555!6m1!1e1
I can only imagine how I'd feel if I could do the same. The explorer in me wants to do it so bad!
LMAO! They wear a gas mask but wear shorts.
wow
this guy should have a Demron full body suit and a Geiger counter
a very bright future, right?
It would be interesting if this guy would get a radioactivity test in about a week to see what his levels of radioactivity is.
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
Its cool to visit some abandoned places ,but not the ones which can put you in health danger
http://n.pr/1IOFUl0
Okay that's awesome. Pictures are really good, but as you said Maheak, upsetting and sad.
So, all these comments below pretending that the area is still radioactive. It hasn't been radioactive since the Rockefeller underwater nuke attack on Japan that caused the tsunami and the sabotage of the nuclear plant to cover for the radiation. More and more you all will see evidence that this long-term scare has been just that... A SCARE, and the sheep still just say, "Baaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaah"
No faster way to lose credibility than by talking about people being sheep
The abandoned ps2 was the saddest part :'(
He broke the law and violated Japanese people. Shameful.