If a Japanese commits a small crime against a foreigner with no witnesses, its often "tough luck".
If a foreigner does the same its, pay, go to jail or leave the country.
The Kusari are a hybrid of "old Japan" (feudal and pre-WWII with a dash of post WWII) with high nationalism, distaste towards foreigners (gaijin) and a shameless willingness to promote their own self interest (not the Bretonia conflict).
Much more fun to play this way in my opinion and neat the modders picked up on it.
I'm Hogosha--not a Farmer--but my info card says "quasi lawful" and I can ally with local forces in some situations--interdicting cardamine or contraband for example or repulsing Golden Chrysanthemum, Dragon or outcast incursions. My smuggling is "tolerated" as per the "Kusari Legal Codex.
<span style="font-family:System">Hogosha Exile</span> The Journal of Benjo Dokosai