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Shizuoka senior charged with firearms violation after giving toy guns to the police

No good deed goes unpunished.

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Almost arrested in Tokyo: Hentai Kamen cosplay leads to a brush with police in Shinjuku Ni-chome

Our boss tested the limits of Tokyo’s most liberated neighbourhood and was detained by police.

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Osaka police to start patrolling on motorized kick scooters

At least it’s a little cooler than recumbent bikes.

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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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Policewoman forgets gun in restroom, continuing an odd trend in Japan

Well, at least she washed her hands, apparently.

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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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Man dressed suspiciously warm for Japanese summer chased by helicopter and arrested for fraud

He was drawing too much heat.

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Hokkaido police refuse to acknowledge theft that really seems like a theft

Unfortunately, not technically being a theft won’t bring the victim’s car back.

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Nagasaki police get into high speed chase with Nagasaki police

It’s a police chase in the truest sense of the term.

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A close encounter with a dangerous criminal on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan

Frightening experience shows that although Japan might be considered safe, you never know when you might have a brush with danger.

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Yakuza member arrested for renting a car once in 2022

Crime does pay but gets arrested for it.

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Japan abolishes skirts from policewoman uniforms nationwide

After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.

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Osaka woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes

Suspect claims she wasn’t driving dangerously and wasn’t driving.

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Man who stole two packs of ground beef tracked by police for about 1,000 kilometers across Japan

The law’s arm really is long!

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Police called out to investigate suspicious Santa in Wakayama

Santa Claus came to town and police are called in to find or if he’s naughty of nice.

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DJ Police called in to help prevent bear attacks in northern Japan

Last night a DJ saved my life… from a bear.

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Shibuya Halloween had a very different feel this year

Tokyo’s biggest party hotspot looks nothing like it used to. 

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Japanese police are not messing around, with Patlabor robot mecha out on display 【Video】

Giant Ingram steps out of the anime world to fight crime in Japan on behalf of the police force. 

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Nuisance foreigner climbs onto Family Mart roof in Shibuya, yells “I did it!” before police step in

Bad behaviour by foreigners sees a new term being coined in the Japanese media.

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Japanese police officers officially allowed to wear sunglasses, buy drinks at convenience stores in Shimane

Stay cool, Shimane cops.

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