Japan has recently seen a series of incidents in which police officers were attacked and had their pistols stolen while on duty. Last June, a man killed an officer at a police box in Toyama City ...

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 ...

A woman in her 20s who was groped on the street ran 40 meters and arrived at a “koban” police box seeking protection from her attacker. But her nightmare escalated there. The police substation ...

A worker at JR Kyoto Station reported a suspicious object on a platform early on April 12, prompting West Japan Railway Co.

With more Japanese elderly falling victim to scams, the police are considering limiting the amount of money that this vulnerable group can withdraw or transfer from automatic teller machines (ATMs).