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There isn't really a lot of crime in Japan. It's culturally very shameful to be a criminal or to have a criminal in the family in Japan, and the entire culture

by jki275 6y ago

There isn't really a lot of crime in Japan. It's culturally very shameful to be a criminal or to have a criminal in the family in Japan, and the entire culture is based on maintaining the family honor.

NotSammyHagar 6y ago
Yet the Yakuza and underworld exists and operate in some manner.
- pyuser583 6y ago
  Yakuza is legal in Japan. Not sure what you mean by “underworld” in the Japanese context. Edit: my info about yakuza being legal is outdated. Japanese authorities have been cracking down on it.
- jki275 6y ago
  That's true, of course. But the Yakuza are kind of an "honorable criminal" type. They don't foist their criminal actions on the general populace. It's a bit complicated, and doesn't make a lot of sense in the American paradigm. They're not like the Italian Mafia exactly.
smcl 6y ago
What I meant was that if the system is only interested in pursuing cases where there's a very likely conviction at the end, there must be a large percentage of unsolved crimes even if the absolute amount is smaller than the USA/UK/Germany/$comparisonCountry.
- jki275 6y ago
  You misunderstand. They arrest someone and then coerce them to confess. The actual truth of guilt or innocence is not really relevant.
  - smcl 6y ago
    No I understand completely what you were saying ... but what this person was saying was that it's option #2. My replywas that if that is true that they only pursue cases that they are >99% sure they can convict on then there would be a sizeable backlog of crimes with no form of resolution as a result of this. From what I've read I suspected it was option #3 (i.e. what you said) but then I'm a complete outsider, having only been to Japan a couple of times so I don't know how valid my gut feeling is here.
    - jki275 6y ago
      They solve most cases. I'm not sure what the clearance rate is, but as I recall it was pretty high. But when you can beat a confession out of someone, that's not so hard to do.

by jki275 6y ago

NotSammyHagar 6y ago

Yet the Yakuza and underworld exists and operate in some manner.

pyuser583 6y ago
Yakuza is legal in Japan. Not sure what you mean by “underworld” in the Japanese context. Edit: my info about yakuza being legal is outdated. Japanese authorities have been cracking down on it.
jki275 6y ago
That's true, of course. But the Yakuza are kind of an "honorable criminal" type. They don't foist their criminal actions on the general populace. It's a bit complicated, and doesn't make a lot of sense in the American paradigm. They're not like the Italian Mafia exactly.

smcl 6y ago

What I meant was that if the system is only interested in pursuing cases where there's a very likely conviction at the end, there must be a large percentage of unsolved crimes even if the absolute amount is smaller than the USA/UK/Germany/$comparisonCountry.

jki275 6y ago
You misunderstand. They arrest someone and then coerce them to confess. The actual truth of guilt or innocence is not really relevant.
- smcl 6y ago
  No I understand completely what you were saying ... but what this person was saying was that it's option #2. My replywas that if that is true that they only pursue cases that they are >99% sure they can convict on then there would be a sizeable backlog of crimes with no form of resolution as a result of this. From what I've read I suspected it was option #3 (i.e. what you said) but then I'm a complete outsider, having only been to Japan a couple of times so I don't know how valid my gut feeling is here.
  - jki275 6y ago
    They solve most cases. I'm not sure what the clearance rate is, but as I recall it was pretty high. But when you can beat a confession out of someone, that's not so hard to do.