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 29-year-old man showed up at a police box in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, on Thursday, and said he had committed a crime in Aichi Prefecture. According to police, Ryosuke Shimizu, a part-time employee ...

The police box sits in front of a heart-shaped monument ... temporary koban that is open for more than three months a year on Japan’s northernmost main island. Yamanaka, a 48-year-old sergeant ...