Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,

Over your political career, you have repeatedly said that you are concerned about the safety of the Japanese people. If you are indeed concerned, allow me to suggest three things that you could begin implementing right now that would hugely increase the safety of people in Japan, guaranteed — with no constitutional reform necessary and zero prospect of war resulting:

1. Make it illegal and totally unacceptable for cars, taxis and vans to block the pedestrian pavement (aka sidewalk).