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Less guns, more crime... ------- "A JAPANESE Government white paper on crime released last week has demolished the myth that Japan is the safest country in the world."
"According to the document compiled by the Justice Ministry, the number of criminal cases in 2001 was a post-war record."
"Excluding traffic offences, the number of crimes rose to 2.73 million, up 12 per cent from the previous year."
"The white paper attributed the rise in violent crime to moral degeneration among Japanese people and to decline in the crime prevention functions traditionally provided by the family, schools and local communities."
"And while crime explodes, the arrest rate has been going the backwards, plunging to a post-war low of 19.8 per cent." ...
"The number of violent crimes, which accounted for 7.4 per cent of all criminal offences, stood at 263,000, up 150 per cent since 1997." ...
"The worst murder case in 2001 took place in western Osaka city when a 37-year-old man, Mamoru Takuma stabbed eight students to death and injured more than 20 including three teachers at a primary school in June." ... |
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