| Japan | | |
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 237.7 (2021) [90/130countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in crime control | 31.3% (2016) [19/24countries] | | |
% of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement | 16.8% (2016) [35/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country | 3.3% (2020) [15/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech | 30.9% (2020) [16/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country | 1.0% (2020) [8/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial | 44.1% (2016) [16/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations | 59.0% (2016) [19/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism | 57.6% (2016) [14/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas | 73.3% (2016) [16/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet | 30.0% (2016) [26/35countries] | | |
Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information | 6.16 (2016) [15/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country | 25.8% (2016) [31/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries | 24.1% (2016) [28/34countries] | | |