And where are the crime stats of foreign residents? It isn’t in the spreadsheet.(Statistically, there’s a difference between foreign residents and visitors. I hope you don’t lump them together.)

QUOTE:
the Japanese national crime rate was 0.34% while the foreign rate was a whopping 0.19%. The crimes committed by foreigners were typically repeat offenders and make up 0.11% of the foreign residents in this country.

Crimes Committed in 2006 by Japanese Nationals (Population: 127,700,000)

* Murders: 1,309
* Assaults: 76,303
* Rapes: 1,948
* Other: 2,050,850

Crimes Committed in 2006 by Foreign Nationals (Residents: 2,100,000)

* Murders: 61
* Assaults: 47
* Rapes: 34
* Other: 40,615

It’s pretty sad to look at this post and have people agree with me. But it’s even worse when I share this link with native Japanese people and they tell me the same.

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