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Originally Posted by Mystique
I think another major aspect concerning Japanese cutlure concerning incidents and crime is how many will actually report it and follow through a punishment...)
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You have a good point there. The tendency is manifest inter alia in the case of sexual offences.
FBI marked 92,445 forcible rapes in 2006. In the same year,
Japanese police reported only 1,948 cases. Although the difference in definition of "rape" affects the numbers, the vast gap cannot be justified only from the actual safety levels. Similarly as some Asian countries, the victims of sexual crimes in Japan are reluctant to appeal to the police because they feel ashamed to have been attacked.
And media, yes, Japanese TV programmes are always talking about crimes, but it is rather because of the business model than of the actual hazardous situation, I think.
Until the 90s BBC had had no need in provoking and scandalous news to satisfy public curiosity thanks to the monopoly status; Sky News is a fresh company with less than two decades history, and therefore has kept its quality. Imagine Mirror and Sun broadcasting -- it is the media world in Japan.