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Japanese police to use AI to search social media posts for potential terrorists

Officer AI is expected to patrol feeds next year.

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Osaka police to trial bodycams, sometimes on the side of their heads

To serve and protect and vlog.

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Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility

Tests to become more like regular Japanese license exams, which is to say, crazy hard.

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Japan worried about its aging population… of traffic lights

The spirit is willing, but the light is weak.

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Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan

I hope they have a lot of paper.

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Japan government mulling more restrictions on foreign driver’s license conversions

It may get a little harder to get a Japanese license from abroad.

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Osaka man arrested for trying to rob woman with necktie that says “Police”

Suspect stands accused of impersonating the long tie of the law.

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Japan’s new ATMs automatically play anti-fraud videos to people talking on mobile phones【Video】

Japanese police using the latest in AI and hand-enlarging technology.

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Japan’s National Police Agency plans to introduce fines for bike traffic violations in 2026

The proposal would leave bikers who ignore police warnings about reckless riding with a ticket and fine instead of a criminal charge.

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Segways soon to be permitted on public roads and new rules in the works for electric scooters

Of course, the new rules will come with a few catches.

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