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Originally Posted by chiuchimu

Can you supply me source? What I've found is a bit fishy.
1) crime rate by Solders in Okinawa is less than crime rate of Americans solders anywhere in the world. Sounds odd to me.

2) The data I've seen are Okinawan police only( not including MP records ) and the data is crimes by Solders Vs All crimes. That includes foreigners that aren't solders and I know that Okinawa tourism has gone up in the last thirty years.

It's a fact that 30 years ago a mockery of the law and judicial process was being committed by the solders and military courts in Japan and the Japanese government could do anything about it. Same stuff happened in the Philippines were local police were told to look the other way in the red light districts. What's the likely hood that any of this has really stopped? their is 50,000 solders and they mostly hang around the area close to the bases. It wouldn't be too hard to make good P.R. for this group. I wouldn't be surprised if the Okinawan police were told to layoff and let the MP's handle it. Of course I have no proof, but I'm a skeptical when the data is too rosy and doesn't match the norm.


2~3 weeks ago another attempted rape happened.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department - Statistical data
統計（警察庁）

2009 number of crimes
1.Chinese 12572
2.Brazilian 4013
3.Korean 2588
4.Vietnam 1714
5.Filipino 1503
6.Columbia 723
7.Peruvian 674
8.Thai 484
9.Sri Lankan 353
10.Taiwanese 294
Others.2918

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