Why is the Japanese crime rate — most notably the homicide rate — so low? As of 2014, the homicide rate (per 100,000) was around 0.3. For the sake of comparison, Sweden's was around 0.9, France's was around 1.2 and the US' was around 4.4.
It is worth noting however that this is a fairly recent development. Japan's homicide rate remained similar to that of most European countries (in the 1.0-2.0 range) until the late '80s. It only started to plummet around the 2000s.
Even more baffling is Japan's suicide rate, one of the highest in the world at a whopping 20+. Sweden's is around 12.0, France's is around 14.7 and the US' is around 12.6. So the violent death rate is actually higher in Japan if you factor in "cases" where the killer and the victim actually are the same person.
Answer: the police label unsolved murders as suicide in order to lower their crime stats.
source: hot fuzz
Jayden White
Because race is real and the Japanese are not primitive unga bungas
Owen Jones
The police cover up unsolved murders by declaring them suicides which is also part of why the high suicide rate. They also don't have a gun culture. They are culturally more introverted so their agressions will be taken out more on themselves.
Evan Cook
Japanese Culture is all about respect and the honor system and shit right? Maybe people find it more Honorable or some shit to kill themselves instead of going on a killing spree or having to be in a fucked up Life situation?
Oliver Evans
But the homicide rate in Japan used to be similar if not even higher than it is in the US today…
If this is true doesn't that mean its likely that Japan has a murder-rate similar to the US even despite not having the "gun culture" that liberals complain about.
Chase Williams
I could now pull out a whole string of articles about gruesome homicides and rapes that took place in Japan but i don't wanna bother.
Let's just say that Yakuza are basically a legalized criminal organization and that they've been doing dirty work for the ruling LDP party for more than 50 years.
