Below is AFS’s best general advice about personal safety:
Get to know the host culture well through questions, dialogue and discussion with your host family, peers, and local AFS volunteers.
Take seriously any concerns that your host family and school have expressed and follow their advice.
As stated in the Agreement document you signed prior to leaving home, the National AFS office will make rules and guidelines for your welfare and security. Take this advice seriously and comply with these rules.
Do not ignore your own instinct in any given situation or feel you have to compromise your own personal values and beliefs. Make decisions about what to do after considering your surroundings and your own values and beliefs.
Read “Welcome to Japan” and “AFS Tsuushin” thoroughly.