Fig.1-4-2-4 shows the number of cases and persons referred to public prosecutors offices for special law offenses(excluding violations of four statute traffic related laws and violations of other traffic laws;hereinafter the same in this Section)committed by visiting foreign nationals and other foreign nationals since1980.

Fig.1-4-2-4  Numbers of cases and persons referred to public prosecutors offices for non-traffic special law offenses committed by visiting foreign nationals and by other foreign nationals(1980-2004)

  Fig.1-4-2-5[1] shows the number of cleared Immigration Control Law violations committed by visiting foreign nationals over the last10years.
  By type of violation,in2004,illegal overstay was the largest with7,074cases,followed by illegal stay with3,804cases,non-possession of passport/refusal to show passport with876cases,and illegal entry with383cases(Source:The Criminal Investigation Bureau,National Police Agency).
  The number of cleared cases for illegal stay has increased every year since2000(296cases),reaching3,804(increased by44.2%from the previous year)in2004(Source:The Criminal Investigation Bureau,National Police Agency).
  Persons cleared by police or Japan Coast Guard for group stowaway incidents rose sharply from324in1995to679in1996and1,360in1997,and then started to fall,down to44in2004.In contrast,persons cleared for illegal entry by using false passports,etc.,increased every year from361in2000,reaching1,720in2004(Source:The Criminal Investigation Bureau,National Police Agency).The number of persons referred to public prosecutors offices for group stowaway has decreased after a peak at153in1998,and stood at23in2004(Source:Annual Report of Criminal Statistics on Police).
  Fig.1-4-2-5[2] shows the number of cleared cases of violation of drug-related laws and Anti-Prostitution Law committed by visiting foreign nationals over the last10years.

Fig.1-4-2-5  Number of cleared Immigration Control Law violations,etc.committed by visiting foreign nationals(1995-2004)