The National Police Agency recently announced that the number of crimes committed by foreigners on temporary visas jumped by 25.8 percent.
Serious crimes like murder, robbery, and arson, were up 18.2 percent.
Feasting on the statistics, the mass media headlined such salient points as foreigners are three times more likely than Japanese to commit crimes in groups.
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