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1 crime IN Japan IN 2010 Police Policy Research Center National Police Academy Alumni Association for National Police Academy CONTENTS I. Penal Code Offenses .. 1 II. Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization .. 3 III. Economic Crimes .. 6 IV. Cybercrime Clearances and Complaints .. 8 V. JAFIC .. 10 VI. Countermeasures against Boryokudan Gangs .. 12 VII. Drug and Firearm Control .. 16 VIII. Transnational crime .. 20 IX. Fatal Traffic Accidents and Road Traffic Law Violations .. 22 X. Nature of Motorcycle Gangs and Crackdown Results .. 24 XI. Statistics.

2 25 - 1 - I. Penal Code Offenses 1. Aggregate Clearances and Reports to the Police In 2010 , Penal Code offenses reported to the police decreased by from the previous year, and continued to decline. In eight consecutive years of decline, it recorded less than million for the first time in the Heisei period. Clearances declined by , and arrests declined by from the previous year. Arrests of juvenile suspects declined by from the previous year. The clearance rate declined by from the previous year. 2010 2009 Net change Net percentage change (%)

3 Reports to police 1,585,8561,703,044-117,188 Clearances 497,356544,699-47,343 Arrests 322,620332,888-10,268 Juvenile suspects 85,84690,282-4,436 Clearance rate (%) points Note: In this chapter, Clearances means the number of cases solved; Arrests means the number of suspects arrested or found by police, including juvenile suspects (aged 14 or older); Reports to police means the number of offenses reported to police, and Clearance rate means the percentage of the number of cases cleared vis- -vis the number of offense reports to police.

4 2. Categories of Penal Code Offenses Known to the Police Homicide declined to 1,067 (down 27, ), the lowest record after the war. Robbery in monetary facilities declined to 69 (down 15, ). Robbery in convenience stores also declined to 723 (down 174, ). On the other hand, robbery in stores with relatively weaker crime -resistant capabilities is increasing (robbery in the rest of the stores rose by 1, ). Purse-snatchings was recorded at 14,559 (vastly down 4,477, ) In larceny, the decline rate of clearances ( ) exceeded that of arrests ( ). Estimated un-adjudicated Crimes declined vastly.

5 Indecent assaults reported to police was recorded at 7,027 (up 339), while public indecency was recorded at 2,651 (up 294). - 2 - 2010 2009 Net change Net percentage change (%) Penal Code offenses (total)Reports to police1,585,8561,703,044-117,188 Clearances497,356544,699-47,343 Arrests322,620332,888-10,268 Felonious offenses Reports to police7,5768,314-738 Clearances5,5036,073-570 Arrests5,0215,654-633 Violent offenses Reports to police63,64663,995-349 Clearances45,93245,719213 Arrests49,52549,225300 Larceny offenses Reports to police1,213,4421,299,294-85.

6 852 Clearances327,786361,969-34,183 Arrests175,214175,823-609 Intellectual offenses Reports to police44,34753,002-8,655 Clearances29,68834,147-4,459 Arrests14,138 15,433-1,295 Indecency offenses Reports to police10,89310,182711 Clearances6,7426,478264 Arrests6,0335,95182 Other Penal Code offenses Reports to police245,952268,257-22,305 Clearances81,70590,313-8,608 Arrests72,68980,802-8,113 - 3 - II.

7 Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization 1. Juvenile Delinquency (aged under 20) (1) Juvenile Penal Code offenders (aged from 14 to 19) continued to decline for seven consecutive years. Juvenile Penal Code offenders (aged from 14 to 19) fell to 85,846, down from the previous year. Juvenile Penal Code offenders out of the 1,000 juveniles stood at The rate, which is about the adult figure, still remained high although slightly decreased. Juveniles accounted for of the total Penal Code offenders. Violent offenses and indecent offenses committed by juveniles are on the increase. Among violent offenses, bodily injuries increased Among indecent assaults, indecency through compulsion increased The rate of repeat offenses continued to increase.

8 Among them, the rate of heinous Crimes and violent Crimes were more than 50%. Trends in Juvenile Penal Code Offenders (aged 14 19) Year 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Juvenile Penal Code offenders 138654112,817103,22490,966 90,282 85,846(Rate per 1,000 of the juvenile population) Felonious offenses 2,1271,1701,042956 949 783 Murder 99696250 50 43 Robbery 1,670892757713 696 565 Violent offenses 18,4169,8179,2488,645 7,653 7,729 Larceny offenses 81,26062,63758,15052,557 54,784 52,435 Intellectual offenses 5261,2941,1421,135 1.

9 144 978 Indecency offenses 410346341389 399 437 Other Penal Code offenses 35,91537,55333,30127,284 25,353 23,484 Juvenile percentage of all Penal Code offenders (%) offenders 36,66233,84231,23028,404 28,295 27,050 Rate of repeat offenses (2) Juvenile Penal Code offenders (aged under 14) on the decrease Juveniles (aged under 14), who violated the Penal Code, declined to 17,727, down from the previous year. Violent offenses, theft, and indecency offenses committed by juveniles are on the increase. Violence and others among violent offenses, increased by There was - 4 - an increase each in motorcycle theft among theft by and indecency through compulsion by Juvenile Penal Code Offenders (aged under 14)

10 Year 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total 20,06718,78717,90417,56818,029 17,727 Felonious offenses 165225171110143 103 Violent offenses 1,6961,4671,4251,3471,336 1,497 Larceny offenses 14,12811,94511,19311,35612,026 12,077 Intellectual offenses 3763556568 60 2. Juvenile Victims (1) The highest child abuse cases ever Child abuse cases stood at 354 (up ); arrests of child abuse were at 387 (up ).