Are there paparazzi in Japan?

Yes, though not many. You don't see hordes of them waiting outside trendy restaurants and nightclubs like you do in LA or NYC. Moreover there's very little public interest in pictures of famous people walking down the street and living their daily lives. However when there's a scandal, there are almost always pictures. read more

Paparazzi as known in Western countries does not exist in Japan. If you say Paparazzi means free-lance photographers, they do not exist in Japan. In Japan, employees of medias like magazine, TV, etc follow celebrities for gossips. So media employees are doing the same thing. read more

Moreover there’s very little public interest in pictures of famous people walking down the street and living their daily lives. However when there’s a scandal, there are almost always pictures. Usually grainy, shot at night, probably with a smartphone rather than a proper camera and long telephoto. read more

In korea/ japan this doeant seem to happen. We also dont get much gossip etc because it seems for the most part no one cares. For some reason it seems like all Western teenagers on this forum have extremely hard to understand that personal things are meant to be private. read more