Crime in Japan at lowest postwar level in 1st half of 2018

The number of recorded crimes in Japan continued to decrease in the first half of 2018 to a level not seen in the postwar period, mainly due to falling theft rates, preliminary police data showed Thursday.The total stood at 398,615 crimes, down 52,054 from the same period a year earlier, according to the National Police Agency. The pace of decline was faster than when the figure in 2017 hit the lowest level since the end of World War II on a full-year basis.Thefts accounted for more than 70 percent of all registered crimes but were on the decline, apparently thanks to the proliferation of s…READ FULL ARTICLE