From:	Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Japan
Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:29:13 +1100

At 10:15 PM 19/11/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>You are absolutely correct about crime in Japan. I lived there for 5 years
>and the crime rate is astonishingly low. However, any violent crimes that
>do occur (outside of the Yakuza) are supressed by the government. Most of
>the violent crime in Japan IS committed by the Yak and when it stays inter
>Yak nobody really cares. The murder rate in the entire country of Japan is
>purported to be somewhere in the 50s or so a year, but you only learn of
>around 2 or 3 murders. But even if the murder rate is say 50, they are
>doing something right. It really is amazingly low no matter which rate is
>correct.
>
>
Hey Bruce, is it true that you can keep your front door unlocked when you
leave the house still? It was when I lived there!

Shaman


>Bill Bruce
>Work: William.Bruce@*********.com
>Play: dimitri@****.com
>
>I have no opinions of my own. Bill just cog in wheel of life.
>Cogito, ergo spud I think, therefore I yam.
>
>