The Japanese lie on their crime stats....
I was on Okinawa and saw a bunch of Yakusa armed with pistols try to attack the Air Force security team on Kadena.
Lets say that they failed....horribly.
It was not reported as a gun crime....it was reported as a gang crime.
Same with suicides etc....
Not to mention rape, one of the most under-reported crimes in Japan. I read that many Japanese women place men’s shoes outside their doors to give the impression that a man is inside and they counsel foreign women to do the same.
Absolutely correct. The criminal gangs in Japan have guns, use guns and are often protected by the political elite. There’s a strong incentive to lie in Japanese society. Look at their porn problem.
That is not all they lie about. And they do it so smoothly. Obfuscation is their stock in trade. Never ever trust a Japanese manager to tell you the truth about their manufacturing operations, their metrics or their systems. Almost down to what is is. They also drink to excess frequently. I could go on and on. Talking about Japanese from Japan not Americans of Japanese descent.