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Sep 5, 2015 | 5:31 pm

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armagebedar

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I haven't noticed a significant increase in Tokyo, Osaka, or anywhere else I've been recently in Japan.

As you may know, it is not illegal to ride one's bicycle on the sidewalk provided it does not interfere with the passage of pedestrians -- but the enforcement of this varies.