Japan's police agency said Thursday that 44.1 percent of the 2,053 offenders in child pornography-related criminal cases last year were aged between 14 and 19, nearly double the share in 2013.A further 60 percent of the 905 people suspected of committing child porn crimes in the age group were high school students, according to revised data from the National Police Agency.Those between the ages of 14 to 19 have accounted for over 40 percent of child porn suspects every year since 2019. The agency believes the increase is owing to the prevalence of smartphones and social media, and plans to …READ FULL ARTICLE
