Hi Blog. So much for those (like the NPA and the GAIJIN HANZAI rags) that assert that foreign crime is on the increase. Not this time around:<\/p>\n
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Number of crime cases involving foreign suspects down in ’06: NPA Police took action in 40,126 criminal cases in which the perpetrator There was a large drop in cases of suspected theft from cars and The number of foreigners who are suspected of committing crimes in The NPA said 38 of the people who left Japan have been charged by the The number of cases of foreigners charged under the Penal Code fell Money-laundering up Kyodo News A record 137 cases of money-laundering The NPA attributed the uptrend over the past few years to stepped-up In 90 cases, suspects attempted to disguise or conceal criminal The Japan Times: Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 Yet, as Japan Probe reports, the Japanese press (the Mainichi Shinbun, at least, notorious these days for this sort of thing) has to bend over backwards to make a sensation about foreign crime:<\/p>\n ============================= Earlier this week, I posted a link to an article that cited statistics that showed a 16.2% decrease in crime by foreigners in the last year. Here\u2019s how Mainichi Shinbun covered the story, as pointed out by From the inside, looking in:<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n For a taste of Japanese journalism, I point you to the reporting of the statistics by the Mainichi newspaper.<\/p>\n
\nKyodo News\/Japan Times Feb 9, 2007<\/b>
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\nhttp:\/\/search.japantimes.co.jp\/print\/nn20070209a5.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nwas believed to have been a foreigner, excluding permanent residents
\nand members of the U.S. military, down 16.2 percent from the record
\nhigh logged the previous year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.<\/p>\n
\nvending machines, which contributed to the overall decline, the NPA
\nsaid, adding that police and volunteer groups have increased street
\npatrols and crime-prevention programs.<\/p>\n
\nJapan but have left the country reached 656 as of the end of 2006,
\naccording to NPA statistics, which have been kept since 1980 and do
\nnot cover permanent residents or U.S. military personnel here.<\/p>\n
\nauthorities of their home countries at the request of Japan since
\n1999, including 19 Chinese, 14 South Koreans and one Japanese-Brazilian.<\/p>\n
\n16.9 percent to 27,459 last year. , while those under other laws,
\nmostly related to illegal drugs, dropped 14.6 percent to 12,667 cases
\nand involved 18,895 suspects, down 10.8 percent.<\/p>\n
\nwere uncovered last year, up 25 from the previous year, with the
\nunderworld accounting for some 40 percent, the National Police Agency
\nsaid Thursday.<\/p>\n
\nefforts by police to investigate mob-related money flows.<\/p>\n
\nproceeds by using the bank accounts of others, and similar means. In
\n46 cases, money was knowingly received from crime suspects, the agency said.<\/p>\n
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\n http:\/\/www.japanprobe.com\/?p=1124<\/a><\/p>\n