“To serve and protect” gets trumped by “to ogle and leer” as violent-crime suspect slips out of detention center.
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When gauging appropriateness in a foreign land, using a drunken mob as your baseline is usually a bad idea.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police continue to gather evidence against those involved in flipping truck on streets on Shibuya.
Self-controlled robo guard scans for dangerous individuals and suspicious packages, would probably look adorable with a police officer’s uniform.
Tokyo court rules that reposting dialogue alone would have been enough for it to rule in manga publisher’s favor.
Police say fraudster virtually visited Muji branches on three continents without ever leaving his Hokkaido home.
The female wrestler, who injured her finger during the altercation, is being hailed a hero for her actions.
Limiting your forceful groping to just one part of the body is still plenty past what the law allows.
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