True - and why not, it's their backyard to worry about. It's the lack of introspection in the West that irritates me - any constructive talk immediately gets deadlocked by flamewars on class and race even if great arguments and evidence for policy are presented. Government should never be religion.
I expect Japan runs documentaries on Western countries and their crime too, only with stronger supporting evidence.
Using 2014 (seems typical) as an illustration.
0.31 per 100k citizens vs 4.88 (US) and 0.92 (UK).
Imagine the scale of conspiracy the Japanese police would have to be involved in to make us look good. The main issues I've heard of are examples of police incompetence as a side affect of not having much crime to deal with. This is like how in South Africa the triage surgeons are really good at solving for stab and gunshot wounds. It's a positive sign that the Japan police are lax on recognizing murder and a negative one that the South African ER doctors are some of the best in the world.
I expect Japan runs documentaries on Western countries and their crime too, only with stronger supporting evidence.
Using 2014 (seems typical) as an illustration.
0.31 per 100k citizens vs 4.88 (US) and 0.92 (UK).
Imagine the scale of conspiracy the Japanese police would have to be involved in to make us look good. The main issues I've heard of are examples of police incompetence as a side affect of not having much crime to deal with. This is like how in South Africa the triage surgeons are really good at solving for stab and gunshot wounds. It's a positive sign that the Japan police are lax on recognizing murder and a negative one that the South African ER doctors are some of the best in the world.