The Joneses? - Blowfish

Japan, Inc., Feb, 2003

Never heard of them. According to the Police White Paper of 2002, of the criminals apprehended and sent up on charges during 2000, only 5,729 cases were processed through police canvassing of witnesses in the vicinity of the crime. The figure, never that high to begin with, has declined by more than half over the past decade.

When asked why such a situation has occurred, 63 percent of the cops questioned replied that "even if we go around asking, people tend not to notice anything about their own neighbors anymore.