[GoNative]

I live in Japan and I'm concerned about issues here. If you continually want talk about Australia then I suggest you frequent Australian forums instead of one that focuses on Japan. Before you start carrying on about my refernce to Japan being behind other nations lets just be clear that as my post above suggests I do not believe the official rates of rape reported in Japan are even remotely close to revealing the actual situation. The rate of reporting here is officially recognised as being extremely low. It is the system and culture that makes reporting so low that concerns me. It doesn't surprise me at all that a country like Australia has far higher reporting of rape because much has been done there to support and encourage victims to come forward. Are there still issues there? Yes of course there are but they are not really issues to be discussed on this forum are they?
Rape occurs in every nation on earth. The main differences between nations is how much support the victims receive and how they are treated by the police and the courts. On this front I believe Japan is lagging behind most other modern nations.