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 White paper on crime 2009 Part4/Chapter1/Section4/1 

Section 4  Delinquency at Home and at School

1 Domestic violence

  Fig. 4-1-4-1 shows the number of reported cases for domestic violence committed by juveniles by educational/employment status over the last 10 years.
  The number continued decreasing after reaching a peak of 1,397 in 1983, but then sharply increased in 2000 and then remained at over 1,000. It was 1,280 in 2008 (up 67 or 5.5% from the previous year). By educational/employment status, junior high school students were the highest in proportion in each year, accounting for 42.8% (548 cases) in 2008 (Source: The Community Safety Bureau, National Police Agency).

Fig. 4-1-4-1  Number of reported cases for domestic violence committed by juveniles by educational/employment status (1999–2008)

  Examining the target of domestic violence in 2008 revealed that mothers were the largest in number with 766 cases (59.8%), followed by household goods, etc. with 189 (14.8%), fathers and relatives in the same household with 115 (9.0%) each, and brothers/sisters with 95 (7.4%) (Source: The Community Safety Bureau, National Police Agency).