Tokyo street crime on the increase

RSS Podcast Feed – MP3 TOKYO -Tokyo is often described as the safest big city in the world. While many visitors say they feel safer in the capital than their own home towns, things are changing. Once the domain of organized crime, city centers are now experiencing a rise in youth crime from fights to pick-pocketing. On the phone, Japan Times contributor Geoff Botting who examines the problem of increased street crime and the changing fabric of Japanese society.