IN CONSIDERING THE CRIME SITUATION AND POLICE ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN, AN OUTLINE OF THE PENAL CODE-ORIENTED CRIMES AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES IS PROVIDED, AND ORGANIZED CRIMES BY JAPANESE RACKETEER GROUPS ARE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH A CONSIDERATION OF THE PART PLAYED BY THE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITIES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL CRIMES. CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES BY THE SAFETY POLICE IN THE AREAS OF THE CONTROL OF SWORDS, FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, SMUGGLING, NARCOTICS AND DRUGS, AND THE CONTROL OF INCIDENTS DISRUPTING CITIZENS' LIVES ARE REPORTED. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE JUVENILE POLICE ARE ALSO EXAMINED. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PATROL POLICE, TRAFFIC POLICE, AND SECURITY POLICE ARE DESCRIBED, ALONG WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE SITUATIONS WITH WHICH THEY DEAL. POLICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IS EXPLORED, AND THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF POLICE PERSONNEL, PROMOTION, AND PAY AND ALLOWANCES ARE CONSIDERED. POLICE FINANCE AND EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS UTILIZATION, POLICE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND ITS OPERATION, AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE ARE GIVEN A CHAPTER OF DISCUSSION. PHOTOGRAPHS, TABLES OF STATISTICS, AND GRAPHS ACCOMPANY THE TEXT. FOR EARLIER VERSIONS OF THIS REPORT, SEE NCJ 11952 AND 41745. (RCB)