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To prevent crimes against the elderly, police, newsstands and others signed an agreement in the Naruko Onsen area of Osaka City, Miyagi Prefecture. The agreement includes sharing information for elderly people living alone and reassuring their safety through newspaper delivery. Roughly half of the residents of Osaka’s Naruko-Onsen district are over 65 years old, and the goal is to prevent crime by cooperating with relevant organizations. Naruko Regional Police Station Chief Kengo Sasaki: “There are some areas that the police are not fully aware of, so we have signed an information sharing and rapid response agreement.” According to the prefectural police, as of the end of August, there had been no incidents in the prefecture during the year. Of the specific fraud cases, half of the victims were elderly.