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Note: The Police added the cities where measures should especially be promoted to the cities exemplified to develop model framework in the Project for Rebuilding Safe and Secure Urban Areas

a. Cracking Down on Illegal Adult Shops, Solicitation, Free Adult Shop Information Centers, etc.

In order to clean up the environment of shopping and entertainment districts, the police are reinforcing control over illegal businesses.

### b. Cracking Down on Organized Crime in Shopping and Entertainment Districts

Criminal organizations such as Boryokudans continue to actively acquire illegal capital in shopping and entertainment districts through means such as participating in the management of illegal adult shops and casinos, illicit sales of controlled substance, controlled fees from adult shops and other locations. The police are making use of all laws and ordinances in reinforcing their crackdowns.

### c. Cooperation with the Relevant Administrative Agencies and Organizations

The police are aiming to revive shopping and entertainment districts as sound and attractive places by cooperating with the Immigration Bureau, Fire Department and other relevant government agencies to carry out measures including joint crackdowns and spot inspections, as well as cooperating with crime prevention volunteer groups and Shopping District Promotion Associations etc. to promote efforts such as joint patrols, city environmental cleanup activities and Boryokudan elimination movements.

### d. Restoring and Improving Traffic Order and Generating Vitality

In order to rectify and improve traffic order in shopping and entertainment districts, police are cooperating with road administrators and others to narrow roads through installation of bollards etc., while also instructing and cracking down on malicious, dangerous, and troublesome illegal parking and unauthorized use of roadways. Moreover, the police are working to expedite licensing procedures for road use required for holding events when local public entities participate in local revitalization events, as part of their efforts to create a sound and bustling city, while taking the societal impact into account.

### e. Efforts toward Developing Appealing Urban Areas in Shopping and Entertainment Districts

The police are making efforts to strengthen the cooperation structure between government and private
sectors through opportunities such as the council on developing urban areas, and using the viewpoint of the police, while providing necessary information and working proactively, in order to realize the necessary measures for the revitalization of sound and appealing urban areas in shopping and entertainment districts.

## (2) Collaboration with Local Communities 1) Activities of Crime Prevention Volunteer Groups

In order to build safe and secure communities, it is important to form communities that are tough on crime by raising crime prevention awareness and promoting independent crime prevention activities among the people. The number of confirmed groups as of the end of December 2009 was approximately 42,762 nationwide $ ^{1} $ . The total number of volunteers participating in affiliate activities is approximately 2.6 million, the majority of which are neighborhood or child protection groups.

Diagram 1-55 Trends in the Number of Crime Prevention Volunteer Groups (2005-2009)

Note 1: Those with a performance record of an average of at least one activity a month (excluding meetings where only opinions or information are exchanged), and groups of more than five members.

Nationwide crime prevention volunteer groups watching for children

## 2 ) Supporting Voluntary Crime Prevention Activities

In order to support voluntary crime prevention efforts by establishing a base for activities, the police are lending equipment required for patrols. Moreover, a system was developed so that it became possible to equip crime prevention patrol cars with rotating blue lights. As of the end of December 2009, 7,359 groups and 30,801 vehicles equipped with rotating blue lights throughout the country conducted crime prevention patrols. In addition, a “volunteer crime prevention activities support page” (http://www.npa.go.jp/safetylife/seianki55/index.html) was launched on the NPA website to promote the creation of a mutual network for crime prevention voluntary groups.

Diagram 1-56 Trends in the Situation of Usage of Crime Prevention Patrol Cars with Rotating Blue Lights (2005-2009)

3) Provision of Crime Information and Community Safety Information

In order to promote the development of a safe and
secure city and curb crimes that local residents feel are close to them, the police are providing crime and community safety information through various methods and means.

The police also promote voluntary crime prevention activities by providing information on crimes on a timely basis when a crime occurs as well as crime prevention measures.

## (3) Environmental Planning that Takes Crime Prevention into Consideration

## 1 ) Establishing Safety Standards for Public Facilities and Residences

In order to promote the development of urban areas with fewer crime victims by planning an environment that takes crime prevention into account, the police aims to further improve the crime prevention performance in residences as well as the maintenance and management of public facilities developed with crime prevention in mind, based on “Guidelines for Safe and Secure Urban Development.”

In order to enhance the security of homes and communities systematically and comprehensively, the police and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism have also jointly drawn up the “Manual for the Formulation of Plans for Regenerating Safe and Secure Homes and Communities,” which specifically present the menu of collaborative actions by the police, local governments and community residents and methods of participation.

Diagram 1-57 Securing Life Environment with Fewer Crime Victims by Environmental Planning that Takes Crime Prevention into Consideration

•The points of concern on crime prevention related to apartment houses and crime prevention standards, such as roads, parks, parking, and parking lots for bicycles.

•The points of concern on crime prevention at apartment houses

Promoting “Project for a Safe and Secure Revitalization of Homes and Towns” (NPA, the Ministry of Land,

Infrastructure and Tourism, Formulated in March 2009)

## 2 ) Registration and Accreditation of Crime Prevention Performance of Housing Complexes and Parking Lots

The police are promoting the system for registering and accrediting condominiums and parking lots with crime resistant structures and facilities as “crime resistant model condominiums” and “crime resistant model parking lots”. “Crime resistant model condominiums” have been developed and put into operation in 21 prefectures $ ^{1} $ and “crime resistant model parking lots” have been developed and implemented in 10 prefectures $ ^{2} $ as of the end of March 2010.

## 3 ) Installation of Security Cameras in Streets

461 security cameras $ ^{3} $ were installed in streets across 12 prefectures as of the end of March 2010 in order to prevent crimes and damage from occurring in public spaces, as well as to confirm crimes immediately after they occur to facilitate a rapid and accurate response to pursue criminals and protect victims.

Note 1: Hokkaido, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Nagano, Shizuoka, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Tottori, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Ehime, Oita and Okinawa

2: Tokyo, Chiba, Fukui, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Tottori, Hiroshima, Oita and Okinawa

3: Also in Osaka, 122 security cameras were installed that double as protection of koban facilities
5. Maintaining a Favorable Living Environment

(1) Current Status of the Adult Entertainment Business

1) Current Status of the Adult Entertainment Business

Based on the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Control and Improvement of Adult Entertainment Businesses (hereinafter referred to as the “Adult Entertainment Business Act”), the police are working to ensure appropriate services by enforcing necessary regulations for adult entertainment and related businesses. They are also supporting voluntary efforts on the part of such businesses to provide wholesome services.

Table 1-17 Trends in the Number of Adult Entertainment Businesses (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category
Total	112,892	111,528	109,135	106,864	104,920
Type 1 Establishments (Cabarets, etc.)	4,914	4,505	4,080	3,668	3,379
Type 2 Establishments (Restaurants, Cafes,	66,217	66,998	67,352	67,330	67,034
Type 3 Establishments (Nightclubs, etc.)	572	558	541	512	486
Type 4 Establishments (Dance halls, etc.)	343	326	241	232	216
Type 5 and Type 6 Establishments	14	13	13	11	39
Type 7 Establishments	31,317	30,037	28,256	26,974	26,104
Mahjong Parlors	16,030	15,247	14,555	13,920	13,343
Pachinko Parlors (Note)	15,165	14,674	13,585	12,937	12,652
Other	122	116	116	117	109
Type 8 Establishments (Game Centers, etc.)	9,515	9,091	8,652	8,137	7,662

Note: places where customers enjoy pinball and slot machines and other amusement games

## 2 ) Current Status of Prostitution Offenses and Sex-Related Offenses

In recent years, the number of notice for sex-related special business has been increasing. Especially, the number of reports for non-shop based sex-related special business or image-distribution type sex-related special business has increased.

Table 1-18 Trends in the Number of Reports on Sex-related Special Businesses (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category	42,583	17,492	19,990	22,021	23,727
Total	10,360	6,790	6,684	6,570	6,420
Sex-Related Special Amusement Businesses by Type of Establishments	1,306	1,248	1,250	1,249	1,239
Type 1 Establishments (Soaplands, etc.)	1,021	823	875	862	847
Type 2 Establishments (Massage Parlors, etc.)	439	192	180	162	157
Type 3 Establishments (Strip Clubs, etc.)	6,414	4,167	4,031	3,944	3,837
Type 4 Establishments (Love Hotels, etc.)	1,180	360	348	353	340
Type 5 Establishments (Adult Shops, etc.)	28,854	9,610	12,071	14,035	15,682
Non-Shop Based Sex-Related Special Businesses	25,727	8,936	11,236	13,093	14,648
Type 1 Businesses (Dispatch Massage, etc.)	3,127	674	835	942	1,034
Type 2 Businesses (Adult Video Mail Order)	2,575	626	811	1,026	1,240
Image-Distribution Type	2,575	626	811	1,026	1,240
Sex-Related Special Businesses	432	299	245	209	195
Shop-Based Telephone Introduction Business	362	167	179	181	190
Non-Shop Based Telephone Introduction Business	362	167	179	181	190
## 3 ) Current Status of Late-Night Catering Business

The number of late night catering businesses has been increasing the past five years.

Table 1-19 Trends of the Number of Late Night Catering Businesses (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category	266,435	269,335	269,348	270,916	272,068
Total

## (2) Current Status of Prostitution Offenses and Sex-Related Offenses

## 1 ) Prostitution Offenses

The percentage of constituent and pre-constituent members of Boryokudans amongst the total number of prostitution cases cleared was 18.1% (135 persons) during 2009, demonstrating the fact that prostitution remains a financial resource for Boryokudans.

Recently notable crimes include the use of dating sites on cell phones. Other deplorable crimes include forced prostitution making women incur debt and disguising dispatch-type massage parlors.

Table 1-20 Trends in the Situation of Violation of Anti-Prostitution Act (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category	Cases(cases)	Persons(persons)	Cases(cases)	Cases(cases)	Cases(cases)	Persons(persons)	Cases(cases)	Persons(persons)	Cases(cases)	Persons(persons)
Total	2,214	1,026	1,863	928	1,867	775	1,842	662	1,562	747
Hustler Type	Solicitation	269	272	281	285	247	243	259	256	282	284
Control Type	Provision of place	124	214	166	202	171	230	130	157	128	180
Control of Prostitution	19	32	10	13	8	14	7	18	6	7
Provision of fund	11	10	8	8	3	3	4	4	4	4
Dispatch Type	Procure	1,003	421	790	359	658	244	781	187	531	224
Contract	785	70	594	55	766	32	659	39	606	43
Other	3	7	14	6	14	9	2	1	5	5

## 2 ) Sex-related Offenses

The number of arrests in 2009 made in accordance with the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business involving employment of minors or serving alcohol to guests aged under 20 especially decreased from the previous year.

The situation of indecency offenses is leveling off over the last three years. Recently, the crime of selling obscene information used by computers / network, recorded DVDs etc. has also been widely observed.
Table 1-21 Trends in the Number of Violations of the Adult Entertainment Business Act Cleared (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons
Total	2,523	3,765	3,314	4,587	3,340	4,342	3,249	3,956	2,839	3,577
Operation in an Unauthorized Area	711	1,411	646	1,263	569	1,102	532	1,074	503
Employment of Minors	468	665	536	730	512	713	439	598	352
Solicitation	496	737	692	1,035	649	1,020	537	815	515
Operating without License	432	462	560	609	622	757	656	836	577
Unapproved Modifications to Building/Facilities or Game Equipment	113	172	119	206	69	107	49	68	55
Provision of Alcohol to Customers under the Age of 20	92	180	94	202	109	229	101	200	63
Other	211	138	667	542	810	414	935	365	774

Table 1-22 Trends in the Number of Indecency Crimes Cleared (2005-2009)

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Cases	Persons	Persons
Total	2,412	2,316	2,769	2,628	2,505	2,510	2,569	2,470	2,578	2,446
Indecent Exposure	1,741	1,502	1,999	1,715	1,718	1,618	1,782	1,613	1,810
Distribution of Obscene Materials	671	814	770	913	787	892	787	857	768

## (3) Appropriate Control of Firearms and Measures for Dangerous Objects

## 1 ) Strengthening of Firearms Regulations and Sharp Objects Regulations

As of the end of 2009, the number of rifles and hunting guns and air guns licensed for possession by Prefectural Public Safety Commissions based on the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons (hereinafter called the Firearm and Sword Control Act) is 290,939 and 142,294 people have licenses. The police are making efforts to conduct appropriate evaluations for licensing and administrative measures to eliminate disqualified people. In 2009, the number of requests for a license denied was 25 and the number of cases in which licenses were revoked was 121.

Additionally, the police conduct thorough instruction on the appropriate handling and safekeeping of firearms through seminars, as well as conduct yearly general inspections in order to prevent accidents and thefts involving hunting guns.

In response to the shotgun killing case which occurred in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture in December 2007 and the random assault incident involving a knife which occurred in Chiyoda ward, Tokyo in June 2008, a law partially revising the Firearm and Sword Control Law, including the tightening of firearms regulations and sharp objects regulations, was passed and enacted in December 2008. A regulation prohibiting the possession of blades 5.5 cm or longer, a regulation relating to the strengthening of supervision of firearm holders, and a regulation relating to the tightening of the requirements to possess firearms were implemented on January 5, June 1, and December 4, 2009 respectively.

Of these, based on the enactment of the regulation prohibiting the possession of blades 5.5 cm or longer and as a result of police efforts to retrieve the newly prohibited swords, 17,744 swords were collected from the day the partial law was enacted to the day the probation period was terminated.
2) Measures against Hazardous Materials

The Explosives Control Act, the “Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medication for Patients Suffering from Infectious Diseases,” and the Act on the Prevention of Radiation Disease due to Radioisotopes, etc. stipulate that the transportation of explosives, specified pathogens, radioactive materials and other such hazardous materials be reported to Prefectural Public Safety Commissions.

In order to transport such hazardous materials safely, the police give guidance and instructions to related professionals beforehand, as well as carrying out inspections of places at which the materials are kept to prevent trespassing, theft, and illegal outflow.

Table 1-23 Number of Transportation Reports and Inspections (2009)

Category	Number of Transportation Reports Received (cases)	Received Number of Inspection Conducted (cases)
Explosives	39,748	17,527
Specified Pathogens	43	69
Radioisotopes and Others	1,058	3
Nucelar Fuel Materials	663	24

### 6. Fostering and Utilizing the Industry of Community Safety

## (1) Fostering Private Security Businesses

Private security business have been established as private community safety services whose operations cover a broad range of fields including facility security, crowd security, traffic guidance security, cash delivery security and body-guarding. They also include residential security system equipment, which has been spreading and growing in demand, providing the people with a wide range of security service in daily life. Security is also being provided at facilities such as airports and nuclear power plants that are likely targets for terrorist attacks.

Taking into account the role that these private security businesses exert, and based on the Security Services Act, the police instruct and supervise these security businesses working to ensure the appropriate operation of security businesses as well as soundly fostering private security businesses.
## (4) Promoting Proper Detective Services

The Act on Regulation of Private Detective Services was established in June 2007 for the purpose of ensuring their appropriate management and contributing to the protection of individual rights and profit. As well as understanding the state of the detective industry, the police also take strict measures against any illegal activities to promote the proper conduct of detective operations.
### Section 4. Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency and Fostering Wholesome Development

### 1. Juvenile Delinquency Overview

## (1) Situation of Juvenile Delinquency

The number of juvenile Penal Code offenders in 2009 decreased for six consecutive years, falling below 100,000 following the previous year. However, the number of juvenile Penal Code offenders arrested for every 1,000 persons in the same age group remains at a high level at 5.4 times that of adults.

Although the number of juvenile offenders under the age of 14 receiving police guidance had been decreasing till 2008, it started to increase in 2009. The number of misconduct juveniles receiving police guidance has decreased from the previous year, but has remained above 1 million since 2002.

• The number of juvenile Penal Code offenders arrested in 2009: 90,282 (a decrease of 684 (0.8%) from the previous year)

- The percentage of juveniles accounting for all Penal Code offenders arrested: 27.1% (an increase of 0.3 points from the previous year)

- The number of juvenile Penal Code offenders arrested for every 1,000 persons in the same age group in 2009: 12.4 (same as the previous year)

Diagram 1-60 Trends in the Number of Juveniles Arrested for Penal Code Offenses as a Proportion of the Population (1949-2009)

Table 1-25 Trends in the Number of Law-breaking Juveniles under the Age of 14 Receiving Police Guidance (2000-2009)

Year Category	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total (persons)	20,477	20,067	20,477	21,539	20,191	20,519	18,787	17,904	17,568	18,029
Felonious offenses	174	165	144	212	219	202	225	171	110	143
Violent offenses	1,869	1,696	1,613	1,467	1,301	1,624	1,467	1,425	1,347	1,336
Larceny offenses	14,840	14,128	14,257	14,448	13,710	13,336	11,945	11,193	11,356	12,026
Intellectual offenses	30	37	31	39	46	57	63	55	65	68
Moral offenses	95	110	131	132	116	116	117	138	137	166
Other Penal Code offenses	3,469	3,931	4,301	5,241	4,799	5,184	4,970	4,922	4,553	4,290
Table 1-26 Trends in the Number of Misconduct Juveniles Receiving Police Guidance (2000-2009)

Year Category	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total (persons)	885,775	971,881	1,122,233	1,298,568	1,419,085	1,367,351	1,427,928	1,551,726	1,361,769	1,013,840
Wandering late at night	307,112	370,523	475,594	577,082	669,214	671,175	719,732	795,430	732,838	554,078
Smoking	417,053	437,988	480,598	542,214	575,749	545,601	557,079	602,763	497,658	364,956
Others	161,610	163,370	166,041	179,272	174,122	150,575	151,117	153,533	131,273	94,806

## (2) Chief Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency in 2009

## 1 ) Juvenile Penal Code Offenders

The number of juvenile Penal Code offenders arrested in 2009 is shown in Table 1-27, and the number of offenses for larceny offenses, intellectual offenses, and sex-related offenses has increased from the previous year. However, the spate of major crimes committed by juveniles has drawn society’s attention.

Table 1-27 Trends in the Number of Arrests by Crime of Juveniles Penal Code Offenders (2000-2009)

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Category
Total (persons)	132,336	138,654	141,775	144,404	134,847	123,715	112,817	103,224	90,966	90,282
Felonious offenses	2,120	2,127	1,986	2,212	1,584	1,441	1,170	1,042	956
Violent offenses	19,691	18,416	15,954	14,356	11,439	10,458	9,817	9,248	8,645
Larceny offenses	77,903	81,260	83,300	81,512	76,637	71,147	62,637	58,150	52,557
Intellectual offenses	584	526	632	784	1,240	1,160	1,294	1,142	1,135
Moral offenses	429	410	347	425	344	383	346	341	389
Other Penal Code offenses	31,609	35,915	39,556	45,115	43,603	39,126	37,553	33,301	27,284

## 2 ) Repeat Offenders

The number of juvenile Penal Code repeat offenders in 2009 has decreased for six consecutive years. The number of repeat offenders as a proportion of the population $ ^{1} $ is 3.9, 3.5 times (1.1) that of the population of adult repeat offenders.

Diagram 1-61 Trends in the Number and Proportion of Juvenile Penal Code Repeat Offenders (2000-2009)

### 2. Comprehensive Measures for the

## Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

## (1) Activities of Juvenile Support Centers

The police have established juvenile support centers $ ^{2} $ in all Prefectural Police where juvenile guidance officials work in close cooperation with schools, child counseling centers, and other relevant institutions and organizations to implement comprehensive measures for the prevention of juvenile delinquency.

Note 1: The number of repeat offenders per 1,000 members of the population in the same age group

2: As of April 1, 2009, 197 Juvenile Support Centers have been set up throughout Japan. (68 are set up outside of police facilities)