A Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department panel said Monday that parental cooperation is important in preventing schoolchildren from getting involved in crime, especially after school.
The panel surveyed incidents investigated by five police stations in Tokyo over a 3½-year period from January 2014 and found that among the weekday cases, 131 happened after school, versus 81 that took place on the way to or from school.
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