Things are going up for the administration but in a negative way. The Japan National Police Agency (NPA) have reported that  there were 1,802 cases of internet-related crimes in the first half of 2006, which is up 12 percent on the same period last year. Looks like the internet users over there have another thing to be wary of unless Ultraman comes out from his hiding place and takes charge of things.

The largest number of cases involved fraud on internet auction sites, the NPA said. Internet auctions are very popular in , with about three out of every five internet users having participated at in an auction.

Other type of crimes included cases of child prostitution involving under-18s met through Internet dating sites totalled 169 cases in the six month period, a jump of 18 percent on the year-ago, while child pornography crimes totalled 97, up 43 percent.

Internet crimes increased in Japan source