Police officer fluent in English serves tourists in snowy Hokkaido
Raised in a region of the world known for its hot temperatures, Hideki Yamanaka is now stationed at “koban” police box during ...
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Tokyo’s oldest ‘koban’ police box guards city that never sleeps
Japan has also exported the koban system to help other countries protect public safety. Singapore opened its first koban in 1983, and the Sao Paulo state police in Brazil adopted the police box ...
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Are Japan's police boxes and the safety they represent under threat?
The manhunt may be over, but the incident brings renewed focus on the role played in Japanese society by the "koban," or police box. The officer, Suzunosuke Kose, who was on duty at a police box ...
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Japan convenience stores filling role as local safety refuges as police presence declines
SAPPORO -- Japan's convenience stores are taking ... is the declining number of police substations and local police boxes or "koban" across the country. Kobans have dropped from 6,455 in 2005 ...