Cases of shop lifting at a steady high for the last ten years in Japan

"According to Japan’s National Police Agency, the number of shoplifting cases on record has been at a steady high for the past 10 years or so. In 2012 there were a total of 135,000 documented cases nation-wide"

Source: Shoplifting becomes an increasingly difficult problem for Japanese officers

June 15th 2013

By Rachel Tackett

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/06/15/shoplifting-becomes-an-increasingly-difficult-problem-for-japanese-officers/