More than 92% of Japanese fifth-graders walk to school independently, enabled by low crime rates and high levels of social cohesion in the Japanese high-trust society.

More than 92% of Japanese fifth-graders walk to school independently, enabled by low crime rates and high levels of social cohesion in the Japanese high-trust society.

Japan has only 0.3 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. pic.twitter.com/1npoK2Mr2a

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