"...prank or silent phone calls - lodged to the emergency police telephone number 110 made up over 20% of all calls to the number for the second year in a row...prank callers are sometimes charged with obstructing justice, and urged people to use the number only for real emergencies."
Source: Prank calls made up over 20% of emergency calls in 2011
CRIME
JAN. 13, 2012
Japan Today