Monograph . - SPb. : Legal Center-Press, 2003. - 280 s. This edition is devoted to the problem of crime in Japan and the criminological aspects of the transition from the model of collectivist state regulation to market democracy in post-war Japan and in modern Russia. The author applied the method of comparative criminological analysis, presented graphic forecasts of crime dynamics, which are already confirmed by the author. "Included observation" technique used in Tokyo. This book answers the question of how to explain the success of Japan’s criminal policy, where the crime rate is several times lower than in developed countries. The secret of the Japanese phenomenon is explained by the achievement of Japan by the end of the twentieth century. points of balance of value orientations - a harmonious combination of traditional Eastern particularism (social-group orientation, collectivism) and Western universalism (individualism, rationalism) . According to the author, at the beginning of the 21st century . This balance will not be disturbed, since modern Japan, vigorously borrowing the achievements of Western civilization, does not reject the traditional system of values. For students and teachers of law schools .