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Minnesota riots prompt people in Japan to protest against racial profiling by police【Videos】
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Jun 1, 2020 - Tweet
Shibuya protest comes eight days after a foreigner was filmed being detained by police on the road in Tokyo.
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- (crime • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • Japanese Police • news • police • police brutality • protestors • protests • racial profiling • racism • Shibuya)
These policemen’s response to a young boy turning in a 50 yen coin he found will warm your heart
- Dale Roll
Dec 12, 2019
Their kindness really impressed the boy’s mother!
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- (children • cute • heartwarming • Japanese Police • Japanese police box • kids • kindness • police officers • sweet)
Man pushed onto tracks at train station in Japan after listening to loud music on headphones
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Jun 10, 2019
A desire for peace and quiet leads to violence at a Japanese train station.
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Japanese man arrested for opening door and jumping off bullet train while it was still running
- Dale Roll
Apr 16, 2019
The man was responsible for causing delays for dozens of trains and thousands of people.
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- (bullet train • crazy • dangerous • Japanese Police • man arrested • shinkansen • trains • wtf)
Japanese YouTuber sleeps on a bed in the middle of Shibuya Scramble Crossing【Video】
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Apr 13, 2019
A crowd of onlookers watched as he fell off the bed after his stunt.
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- (arrests • Japanese Police • Japanese YouTubers • news • police • Shibuya • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • videos • YouTubers)
Japanese company proposes Marie Kondo as mascot for new “Spark Joy” police taser weapons
- Scott Wilson
Apr 1, 2019
Will the Queen of Clean upgrade to the Empress of Electrifying?
- Japan
- (April Fools' Day • funny • Japanese Police • Marie Kondo • SNO)
We eat a meal to remember…at a Japanese police station in Fukuoka
- Oona McGee
Jan 24, 2019
Lunch and law enforcement make for a thrilling combination.
- Japan
- (cafes • cafeteria • food • Fukuoka • Japanese food • Japanese Police • katsudon • Kyushu • police • police stations • restaurants • RNO)
64-year-old man arrested for stealing a roll of toilet paper from hospital toilet
- Oona McGee
Nov 27, 2018
Japanese authorities take a hardline approach to taking something that isn’t yours, no matter how insignificant it might seem.
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- (arrests • Japanese Police • news • Oki Islands • police • Shimane • stealing • theft • toilet paper • Toilets)
Boy threatens to stab school staff forcing elementary students to wear Giorgio Armani uniforms
- Koh Ruide
Apr 30, 2018
Threatening to cut people up with a knife is not the best way to go about airing frustrations.
- Japan
- (crime • elementary school • Ginza • Japanese Police • junior high school • threats)
Japanese youths anger police by sitting at kotatsu table at busy Kyoto intersection【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 14, 2018
Locals say it’s all part of a Kyoto University tradition.
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- (cars • crazy • Japanese Police • kotatsu • Kyoto • Kyoto University • news • police • roads • traffic • university students • weird)
New study ranks the most notorious Japanese train stations for perverts
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2017
Voyeurs, flashers and “chikan” gropers are more likely to be found at these stations.
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- (chikan • fushinsha • Japanese Police • Japanese train stations • police • police reports • society • stations • train stations)
Tokyo police force mascot Pipo-kun anthropomorphises into muscly man in new anime clip
- Oona McGee
Apr 7, 2017
The cute character bares his pecs in the fight against stranger danger, where children are told to remember the words “Squid Sushi” to protect them from harm.
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- (anime • cute • Japanese Police • Mascots • Pipo • Pipo-kun • police • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • videos • weird • wtf)
Low crime in Japan means police officers create ridiculous snow sculptures instead
- Scott Wilson
Jan 14, 2015
It snows a lot in Hokkaido. Like, a lot. No seriously, they have a hotel made out of ice and snow and just take a look at this poor Lawson convenience store that was devoured by snowfall.
So with all that snow around you can either grumble as you shovel your driveway for the third time that day, or you can make the best of it. One police officer in Hokkaido did just that, creating an amazing snow-sculpture of a Japanese police car right outside the station.
- Japan
- (Hokkaido • Japanese Police • police • snow • snow sculptures)
‘Power harrassment’ in Japan’s police force blamed for officer’s suicide
- Cara Clegg
Apr 23, 2014
An investigation into the suicide of a police officer in a Tokyo police station has found that harassment from a superior contributed to his death. While the chief is now facing disciplinary action, it has again highlighted the problem of abuses of authority in Japanese workplaces, also known as ‘power harassment’, or pawahara in Japanese.
- Japan
- (harassment • Japanese Police • police • power harassment • suicide • work • work culture • working in Japan)
Japanese police kendo: Not for the faint of heart
- Preston Phro
Jul 7, 2013
While kendo is an inherently violent sport–after all it’s basically the Japanese version of fencing–the general perception is that it’s more about calm, carefully-coordinated attacks than all-out aggression. In fact, kendo very strictly adheres to etiquette and respect, with competitors generally expected to act with the utmost sportsmanship.
Unless you happen to be a cop.
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- (Japanese Police • Kendo • martial arts • shocking • video)
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