Fig. 4-2-7-1 shows the trend of the number of foreign national juveniles referred to family courts by public prosecutors offices (excluding negligence in the pursuit of social activities in traffic accidents and violations of road traffic related acts; hereinafter the same in this subsection) over the last 10 years.

Fig. 4-2-7-1  Number of foreign national juvenile offenders who were referred to family courts (1997-2006)

  Among visiting foreign national juvenile offenders who were referred to family courts by public prosecutors offices in 2006, those from Brazil were largest in number (31.6%), followed by those from China (including Hong Kong (limited to those who have a passport issued by the Chinese government) and Taiwan; 18.5%), South and North Korea (13.6%), the Philippines (12.6%), Peru (6.1%), and Vietnam (4.7%) (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution).
  By type of offense concerning the juveniles above, theft was the highest (47.0%), followed by embezzlement (including embezzlement of lost property) (20.0%), Immigration Control Act violations (8.5%), and injury (6.6%) (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution).