Incident came after Japanese police arrested US live-streamer for trespassing on construction site. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A YouTuber with the username Fidias posted a video showing himself and three other YouTubers riding trains around Japan without paying for tickets.
In the video, Fidias hides in a toilet of a bullet train, pretends to be ill when confronted by a ticket collector, and then escapes to board another train where he pulls the same trick.“I just access to a five-star Japanese buffet. And we’re leaving the hotel without getting caught and without any problem,” he triumphantly tells the camera.
Regional train operator JR Kyushu said it was studying the footage before deciding whether to inform the police.Fidias on Tuesday posted an apology on his YouTube channel, saying: “hello beautiful people, I apologise to the Japanese people if we made them feel bad, that was not our goal! From now on I am going to more research the cultures we go to and try to prevent this from happening again.”
He has 12,500 followers on YouTube and 10,800 on another platform known as Kick, where his account is marked “offline”. His Twitch account was reportedly taken down.
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