TOKYO, Dec 20 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s Ministry of Justice has launched this 12 months’s crime white paper, revealing that the variety of acknowledged penal code offenses elevated for the second consecutive 12 months.
According to the white paper, there have been 703,351 acknowledged circumstances of penal code offenses final 12 months, a 17% improve in comparison with the earlier 12 months, marking an increase for the second 12 months in a row.
Among these, acknowledged circumstances of non-consensual intercourse surged by 63.8% from the earlier 12 months to 2,711 circumstances, whereas non-consensual indecency elevated by 29.5% to six,096 circumstances.
The improve is attributed to the enforcement of the revised penal code in July final 12 months, which redefined “forced intercourse” as “non-consensual intercourse” and broadened its authorized standards. Efforts to create a extra supportive surroundings for reporting sexual offenses are additionally thought of contributing elements.
Additionally, circumstances of particular fraud rose for the third consecutive 12 months.
Source: ANN