{"id":325470,"date":"2026-03-12T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/warning-issued-to-tourists-in-japan-after-bumping-video-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:00:19","slug":"warning-issued-to-tourists-in-japan-after-bumping-video-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/warning-issued-to-tourists-in-japan-after-bumping-video-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning issued to tourists in Japan after &#8216;bumping&#8217; video goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/61Y8eiBnLqA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Warning issued to tourists in Japan after 'bumping' video goes viral\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/61Y8eiBnLqA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Chinese tourists visiting Japan have been warned by their embassy to be wary of so-called \u2018bumpers\u2019. &#8216;Bumping\u2019, or Butsukari otoko in Japanese, is a phenomenon where people deliberately walk aggressively into others on the street.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The warning from the Chinese embassy came after a video was posted to Instagram showing a woman \u2018bumping\u2019 into a young Chinese tourist on the famous Shibuya crossing in Tokyo. The young girl was sent flying off-camera when a woman elbowed her from behind.<\/p>\n<p>A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing \u2013 what\u2019s behind Japan\u2019s \u2018bumping\u2019 trend? \u25ba<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/12\/japan-butsukari-otoko-bumping-man-trend-explained-tokyo-girl-shoved<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today \u25ba https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Sign up to the Guardian&#8217;s free new daily newsletter, First Edition \u25ba http:\/\/theguardian.com\/first-edition<\/p>\n<p>Website \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com<br \/>\nFacebook \u25bahttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theguardian<br \/>\nInstagram \u25ba https:\/\/instagram.com\/guardian<br \/>\nBluesky \u25ba https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/theguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian on YouTube:<br \/>\nThe Guardian \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@theguardian<br \/>\nGuardian Australia \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@guardianaustralia<br \/>\nFootball Weekly podcast \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@footballweeklypodcast<br \/>\nGuardian Football \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@guardianfootball<br \/>\nGuardian Sport \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@guardiansport<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s Complicated \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@itscomplicated<br \/>\nGuardian Live \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@guardianlive<\/p>\n<p>#japan #bumping #tourists #tourism #overtourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese tourists visiting Japan have been warned by their embassy to be wary of so-called \u2018bumpers\u2019. &#8216;Bumping\u2019, or Butsukari otoko in Japanese, is a phenomenon where people deliberately walk aggressively into others on the street. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 The warning from the Chinese embassy came after a video was posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[130352,129669,130189],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-325470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news","tag-chinese","tag-tourists","tag-visiting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warning issued to tourists in Japan after &#039;bumping&#039; video goes viral | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Warning issued to tourists in Japan after &#039;bumping&#039; video goes viral for free, here on News ISC. 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