http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/134300/1/.html
"Serious crime went down in Japan in 2004 despite public concern about the level of violence, although the number of cases involving foreigners jumped up, police statistics showed. Japan, one of the world's safest countries, registered 11,812 serious crimes last year, with 345 of them committed by foreigners, according to National Police Agency figures. "
