comment: >
  
  In unrelated news, Japan has record low marriage and  birth rates.
context: Aren't these issues historically swept under the rug in Japan? Maybe it's not really crime on the rise, but crime reporting/investigating. >
  
  My take away from this title is Japan’s crime went 20 years without rising. >
  
  With this kind of domestic crime, it’s likely that the reporting of these crimes have increased. >
  
  or maybe due to covid lockdowns, people took out their frustrations and domestic crime increased