For citizens in trouble who find no officers at a koban, the Metropolitan Police Department said the “most effective” option is to use the automatic dialing telephone there. Just lifting the ...

The koban system started the same year. In those days, officers went out from a police station to a specific location and took turns standing guard there. Takeuchi was busy on Jan. 5. He took care ...

He suggests the larger police stations can cover the duties of the boxes during early morning and at night. That's one way the number of koban might be scaled back, which could eliminate the ...

Police in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old man after he kicked a police car, damaging its door, at a koban (police box). The incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, TBS ...