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Tokyo couple caught making stickers with police mascot flipping bird

• Master Blaster
  Dec 16, 2022
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That salute is not in the police manual.

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• (crime • mascot characters • Mascots • Peopo-kun • police • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • trademark • weird)

Japanese police in Oita no longer banned from shopping at convenience stores while in uniform

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2022

Uniformed cops being able to make combini runs is meant to be a win-win for police and the communities they serve.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • crime • Oita • police • shoplifting • society)

Saitama man arrested for calling police 2,060 times in 9 days to yell at them

• Master Blaster
  Dec 2, 2022

Quick, someone call the cops!

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• (COK • crazy • crime • harassment • police • Saitama • telephones • weird)

Man rides motorbike into lobby of Fukuoka police station, demands they crack down on rude driving

• Master Blaster
  Nov 30, 2022

If it worked for the Terminator, why not him?

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• (cars • COK • crazy • crime • driving • Fukuoka • Kitakyushu • motorbikes • motorcycles • police • weird)

Japanese cop tells wild boar “I’ll shoot ya” if it comes closer, boar wisely heeds warning【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2022

Officer protects citizens without the use of deadly force.

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• Japan
• (animal control • animals • boars • funny • police • video • weird • wild boars)

Eating Japanese katsudon once served in police interrogation rooms

• SoraNews24
  Nov 18, 2022

A surprising taste of history in Tokyo.

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• (COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • katsu • katsudon • police • pork cutlet • restaurats • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tonkatsu)

Man shoots fireworks through crowd at Shibuya Scramble Crossing 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 17, 2022

It’s amazing no one was hurt during the unexpected fireworks display.

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• (arrests • fireworks • news • police • Shibuya • Shibuya crossing • Shibuya scramble crossing • shocking • SNJO • Tokyo • videos)

Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee

• SoraNews24
  Oct 27, 2022

Latte triggers a series of events that results in attempted murder.

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• (arrests • attempted murder • coffee • coffee machine • combini • convenience stores • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • latte • Lawson • news • police • theft • unusual • weird)

Emergency drill “assailant” on Japanese train goes viral for being too good at the job 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Oct 27, 2022

Stand-ins look genuinely scared when this man gets into character. 

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• Japan
• (crime • disaster preparedness • Emergency Drill • emergency preparedness • Japan Rail • Japan Railway • Japanese trains • police • police arrest • sasumata • trains • twitter • video • viral • weird)

Japanese police to introduce video function to emergency 110 calls

• Master Blaster
  Sep 26, 2022

A welcome update to an essential service.

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• Japan
• (110 • 119 • emergency • live stream • police • technology • upload • video)

Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The End

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2022

All bad things must come to an end.

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• Japan
• (COK • driver's license • driving • driving license • foreigners in Japan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • Osaka • police • SNO • society)

Saitama lieutenant calls subordinate’s lunch “garbage”, then loses job for eating garbage lunches

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2022

Glass houses…

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• Japan
• (bento • employment • food • lunch • police • power harassment • rude behavior • Saitama • theft)

Yakuza-themed love hotel rooms! Great for couples, friends, and business meetings, owners say

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2022

Prison cell, interrogation room, and crime lord office all available.

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• Japan
• (crazy • hotels • love hotels • police • weird • yakuza)

Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way — Part 5: The second written test

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2022

Once written, twice shy.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • driver's license • driving • driving exam • foreigners in Japan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • Living in Japan • Osaka • police • SNO • society)

Tokyo police post tweet to put people’s minds at ease, but creep them out with weird illustration

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2022

Drawing shows what happens during junkai renraku, but something important is missing.

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• (art • COK • funny • illustration • police • society • weird)

Japanese microcar owner’s tiny automobile collection turns heads in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2022

The cutest cars you’ll ever see!

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• Japan
• (Bubu 501 • Bubu 502 • Bubu Shuttle-50 • cars • cool • cute • driving • Honda • Japanese roads • microcars • Mitsuoka Motor Company • Ninja • police • roads • tiny • twitter • vehicles • videos • weird • wtf • Zoe Zipper)

“Every police station in Kanagawa accepting funeral home bribes,” according to former officer

• Master Blaster
  Feb 17, 2022

Defendant in bribery case claims he’s far from alone.

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• (bribery • corruption • crime • funeral homes • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefectural Police • kickbacks • law • police)

Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The first driving test a few more times

• Master Blaster
  Jan 29, 2022

Third time isn’t such a charm after all.

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• (cars • COK • driver's license • driving • driving exam • foreigners in Japan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • Living in Japan • Osaka • police • SNO • society)

Two men hit by woman falling out of window… who was looking at another man who fell off rooftop

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2022

Luckily, everyone involved is expected to pull through.

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• (accident • fall • injury • police • safety • strange • wierd • Yokohama)

Tokyo police admit to losing 38 citizens’ personal data…that was stored on floppy disks

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2021

Data for 2021 investigation was provided on format most people stopped using more than a decade ago.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • floppy disk • funny • police • technology • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • weird)

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