Kirk here, happily reporting a bit of news that I hope will help to counter the “more foreigners = more crime” stereotype. A female Lawson employee who hails from Nepal received an award from local police for helping an elderly customer avoid falling victim to a scam. It seems the elderly woman had been convinced by scammers that she needed to deposit money in a bank account. When she asked the Lawson employee, whose name is rendered タマン・サルミラ in Japanese, how to do that, タマンさん recognized the pattern and suggested that she contact the police. Good job タマンさん!