Author(s)

Tomoko Suga

Education Center, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.

Japan’s Cabinet Office conducted surveys on DV seven times (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017). As a secondary source, we used the data on the Cabinet Offices website. In 2001, the first DV law, the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence was passed, after which the Japanese public began to recognize DV. Based on the question item on “domestic violence from a spouse” the data of the Cabinet Office’s survey from 2005 to 2017 indicated that on average, just over 30% of women experienced DV, while just under 20% of men did. These figures have not changed much. The proportions of victims who use advisory services have increased with every survey due to political movements and Japanese policy. In 2017, the data showed that a little less than 58% of women and almost 27% of men used advisory services. The most recent survey conducted in 2017, showed that people who do not separate from their spouse experience DV. In terms of the reasons that they do not separate, “children” weighed high on the list.

Domestic Violence, Japan, Cabinet Office, Survey

Suga, T. (2018) An Analysis of Surveys on Domestic Violence by Japan’s Cabinet Office (1999-2017). Open Journal of Social Sciences, 6, 56-66. doi: 10.4236/jss.2018.67005.