The number of crimes in Japan in January-June fell 11.6 pct from a year before to 398,615, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
The number of crimes in Japan in January-June fell 11.6 pct from a year before to 398,615, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
The number is on track to hit the lowest annual level in the country since the end of World War II this year. The decline in the first half apparently reflected effects from public-private joint efforts to reduce crimes as well as young people’s greater respect for social norms, an NPA official said.
