Japan launches crime prevention campaigns against fraud and illegal jobs

As part of a national community safety campaign in Japan, local authorities and students are conducting awareness activities to combat rising crime rates.

In Higashioka City, Osaka Prefecture, three ‘Miss Fuku Musume’ representatives served as honorary police chiefs at the Fuse Police Station. The initiative aims to prevent special fraud, which has reached record levels in Osaka Prefecture, with damages in the Fuse Police Station jurisdiction alone exceeding 500 million yen.

In Tochigi Prefecture, four high school students acted as honorary police chiefs at JR Utsunomiya Station. They engaged with the public through quizzes and videos to warn against the dangers of ‘dark part-time jobs’ (yami baito), emphasizing that the entry points to these criminal activities are often found in familiar online environments.