Luckily, every bicycle in Japan must be registered with your local
police station (like a car), and there will be random checks by
patrolling policemen.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2210.html
Believe me if i say everything sounds technically good here but
in practice Japanese are still primitive i nmany ways especially in
the rural areas.The Cops here are one lazy bunch of civil servants
without balls they just go through the motion of doing their
duty
