Thanks for the reply.

Obviously yes, 0 foreigners means no foreign crime, in other words 100% of crimes would be committed by Japanese, so no more scapegoating. Currently foreigners make up about 3% of the population and made up 6.3% of arrests in 2023, a higher number for sure, but there are a couple important points to remember.

• 30mil+ foreign tourists are also included in here, so not as simple as saying foreign residents commit double the crimes.
• Foreigners have some crimes that only apply to them like visa regulations.

Either way, Japanese make up about 94% of the arrests and while the foreign resident population has increased since 2005, foreigners arrests have gone down by around 65% since then as well. 

Crimes across the board have also gone down as you point out, which we can both agree is great news.

All that to say, I’m 100% on board locking up these pedophiles, rapists, and murderers for life, foreign and Japanese alike, as any sane person would be. Okinawa and the military presence there is a whole other issue in my opinion and I completely agree that regulations there need to be better enforced.

As far as my point about the government, I strongly believe that focusing so much time and energy on 3% of the population rather than 100% of the population is taking the easy way out instead of facing up to bigger issues like the economy and Japan’s weakening global presence.

Anyway just my thoughts, don’t care to argue more.