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I wouldn't be surprised if this is partially the case, but the homicide rate suggests to me that there is also a significantly lower amount of (serious) crime -
by larkeith 9y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if this is partially the case, but the homicide rate suggests to me that there is also a significantly lower amount of (serious) crime - it seems difficult and unlikely that murder would or could be handled without involving authorities.
- Nexxxeh 9y agoDuring the recent gun crime argument in the wake of the Vegas shooting in the US, someone pointed to Japan as an example of strict gun laws. Japan has more than double the suicide rate than the UK, and noticeably higher than the US. I wonder if some murders in Japan are written up as suicides in order to close the case quickly? Plus I would would guess Japanese people are more likely to kill themselves than go on a murder spree of family members or coworkers, but that's just based on what I've seen as an outsider.
- jopsen 9y agoJapan is notorious for extreme work ethics.. so a high suicide rate is not surprising. I'm don't think it's fair to make wild speculation like that without sources. It not like they haven't investigated the high (but also falling) suicide rate: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan
- Noos 9y agoI don't know. It wouldn't surprise me that a village culture would do even that. I couldn't say, though. I just am suspicious when I see outlier stats on something which is fairly universal in human nature.