Japan: Elderly overtake teenagers in crime figures

Over-65s now make up 26% of Japan's population, and the figure is expected to rise Police in Japan have dealt with more elderly crime than juvenile crime in the past six months, it's reported. It's the first time that people over the age of 65 have surpassed teenagers in crime statistics since 1989, when Japan's National Police Agency started publishing age-related crime data, the Kyodo News Agenc

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日本、過去6ヶ月で、高齢者による犯罪が、若年者による犯罪件数を上回った。日本の犯罪件数は減り続けているものの、増加する高齢者による犯罪件数は減らず。1億2700万人の日本人のうち、退職年齢に達した人が1/4を占め