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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by steeleduncan on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:41AM (#20574758)
> Yet Norway is about as safe as Japan

Norway was has a murder rate 2.5x that of Japan[1]. Norway is considerably less safe than Japan, albeit still very safe by global standards.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by nosuchuser2 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:24AM (#20575129)
Japan's official murder rate is widely believed to be significantly underreported.
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by CountSessine on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:40AM (#20575310)
<citation required>
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by CountSessine on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:47PM (#20577673)
https://www.tokyoreview.net/2017/08/myth-japans-bored-police.... https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2017/06/sex-crimes-japan-go-u.... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/31/national/crime-.... Japan also has a huge issue with people admitting to crimes they did not commit. https://www.france24.com/en/20181207-japan-justice-99-system.... https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20810572*

@nosuchuser2 said,

"Japan's official murder rate is widely believed to be significantly underreported"

in response to someone noting that Norway's murder rate is 2.5x Japan's murder rate.

None of the articles you linked to even mentions an elevated or misreported murder rate. Instead you linked to articles suggesting that sex crimes are underreported. Sex crimes are actually underreported in just about every industrialized country, US included.

Given that the official murder statistics are what they are, citation is still required

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