Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why is it dangerous to reveal identification on the internet in Japan

A woman took a picture of three Irish men in Times Square. It took Twitter only an hour to track the lads down.
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/05/17/us/irishmen-times-square-photo-twitter-trnd/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F

In Japan, most of the Twitter users are afraid of being tracked their identities, because those who have different opinions might attack them physically.
So, few people wouldn't say "Please take a picture of me, and post it on the internet so that I can find it someday."