About 76 percent of Japanese think government measures to protect and support crime victims are inadequate, according to a survey by the Prime Minister’s Office released Saturday.
In the poll, carried out in September, 75.9 percent of respondents said the government does not do enough to help victims, and more than 50 percent said that they take secondary damages from crimes, such as long-term anxiety, seriously.
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