OkinawaTime

Subject 1.

There was question about…
米軍兵士の犯罪発生率は高い？
Is the crime rate of the U.S. Military troops high?

The answer to the question is…
総合的に見て高いとは言えないという見方がある．
It is not high as you see the overall perspective.

Data One

H18年の犯罪発生率  Crime rate of year 2006

来日ブラジル人  0.52%
Percent of Brazilians to visit Japan 0.52%

＜ソース＞< Source >

*国内 警察白書 the domestic Police white paper

http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h19/toukei/t1-01.pdf

*人口推計 Population Estimates

http://www.stat.go.jp/data/jinsui/2.htm#02

*米軍 The U.S. Military

http://www.police.pref.okinawa.jp/johokokai/tokei/hanzaitokei/keiho_h20_01.pdf

http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/toukeika/estimates/2006/year/esti_year_22.xls

http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/contents/attach/14811/statistics2007.pdf

*来日外国人 Foreigner visits in Japan

http://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/kokusaisousa/kokusai2/2.pdf

http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?lid=000001012941

http://www.moj.go.jp/PRESS/050617-1/050617-1-1.pdf

対象母数＝Heisai 18の外国人登録者-永住者
An Object Parameter= Heisai 18(2006) of a Foreigner Registrant – Permanent Registrant
（一般＋特別，Heisai 16時点+Heisai 18追加×2）
(General + Specially, As of Heisai 16(year of 2004) + Heisai 18 (year of 2006) Addition ×2)

+ Heisai 18短期出国者数/滞在日数（例：6～10日→8日で計算）/365日

+ Heisai 18 (year of 2006) the number of those who visit for a short term and leave the country/the length of days and visits (The example: on 6-10 days →Calculate 8 days)/365 days.

This information’s posted in two places…

• ウエブサイト-「軍事板常見問題＆良レス回収機構」

Website – Military affairs normal seeing problems & Good or less collection of organization
http://mltr.ganriki.net/faq05c02t.htmlhttp://mltr.ganriki.net/index02.html

• ウエブサイト-駄犬日誌 [Daken Nitshi]

Website – http://d.hatena.ne.jp/reservoir/20080214/1202958732

Data Two

The ratio of crimes for the residents in Okinawa vs. the U.S. Military troops.

* The U.S. Military troops crime rate is only indicated when the crime has happened off  of the U.S. military bases, and there’s NO DATA available for the crime rate on the bases.

Overall the U.S. Military troops crime rate has been declining from the year of 2004, but the crime rate of the residents of Okinawa has been slowly been increasing according to this data.

Ａ：県内刑法犯検挙人員（在沖米軍人によるもの除く）

Number of people arrested of crimes in the Okinawa (Prefecture) (Except the U.S. Military troop’s residents in Okinawa)

Ｂ：沖縄県人口総数

Okinawa (Prefecture) Total population

Ｃ：人口比犯罪率

The ratio of B : A

Ｄ：在沖米軍検挙人員

The number of the U.S. Military troops on Okinawa arrested

Ｅ：在沖米軍人総数（軍属，家族含む)

The total of the U.S. Military troop’s in Okinawa (a civilian in military employ, including family)

Ｆ：在沖米軍人総数比犯罪率

The ratio of E : D

＜ソース＞< Source >

*県内刑法犯検挙人員　沖縄県警本部犯罪統計資料刑法犯総数平成20年度

*The prefecture criminal offense arrest number of people by the Okinawan Prefecture of Police headquarters crime statistics, data, and criminal offenses during the total fiscal year of 2008.

http://www.police.pref.okinawa.jp/johokokai/tokei/hanzaitokei/keiho_h20_01.pdf

*沖縄県人口総数

*The total population in the Okinawa Prefecture

http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/toukeika/estimates/2006/year/esti_year_22.xls

*在沖米軍人総数　沖縄の米軍及び自衛隊基地（統計資料集）平成19年3月版

*The total number of the U.S. Military troop’s residents (a civilian in military employ, including family), by the U.S. military and Self Defense Force’s base in Okinawa (statistics material collection) Version of March, 2007

http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/contents/attach/14811/statistics2007.pdf

The information’s posted in here

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/reservoir/20080214/1202958732

ウエブサイト-駄犬日誌 [Daken Nitshi]

Website – http://d.hatena.ne.jp/reservoir/20080214/1202958732

• Article 記事

http://rokdrop.com/2008/02/20/statistics-for-recent-usfj-crime-rate-on-okinawa-released/

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52638

However, after the USFJ commanders’ off base restriction of Military service man’s crime rates are declined, according to Okinawa prefectures crime statistics data year 2008, residents in the Okinawa crime rate were also decline.

http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/toukeika/so/so.html

Subject 2.

Japan’s rising crime rate

June 2nd, 2008 by James

A TV show on Saturday night asked a panel of Japanese celebrities if they thought that crime was increasing in Japan.  Almost every one of them held up signs with a little circle, indicating their agreement with the the idea that Japan is becoming more and more dangerous.

However, a former NHK newscaster informs them that they are wrong (see video).

http://vodpod.com/watch/1495166-x5mzhs_crimefiction_webcam-applicationx-shockwave-flash-object?pod=okinawatimecom

Things he points out in the video:

• Compared to other first world countries, Japan has a very low crime rate.
• Japan’s crime rate has been declining over the last 60 years.
• The Japanese news media focuses on murders from all over the country, giving viewers a sense that they are living in dangerous times. In the past, murders and violent crimes in local areas would rarely be reported as major national news.
• Police officers make up a very small percentage of the population in Japan. There are 182 police officers for every 100,000 Japanese citizens.

While I haven’t looked into the numbers he cites, I must agree with his take on the news media. The non-NHK news broadcasts devote exhaustive coverage to violent crime these days, and I’ve heard a lot of people talking about how the country is “becoming dangerous.” Even if the numbers mentioned by the guy in the video turned out to be slightly skewed, the fact remains that Japan is still very safe compared to most of the world.  http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4756

Subject 3.

Where is most peaceful country in the world?

The most peaceful country in the world is Iceland, and Japan is in 5th place.

In 2008     世界平和度指数 Global Peace Index

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%B9%B3%E5%92%8C%E5%BA%A6%E6%8C%87%E6%95%B0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index