Just about every neighborhood in Japan has a local koban, or “police box,” a sort of compact street-side guardhouse with uniformed officers on duty, tasked with springing into action should any ...

Most koban (police boxes) in Japan feature a small room in back where police officers working shifts can stretch out on a cot to rest. But some, according to Shukan Post (Oct 21) have been putting the ...

As other cops on the beat here have done for nearly six decades, Shion Takeuchi casts a vigilant eye on Tokyo’s bustling Roppongi district out of a “koban” police box. While on the job, he keeps the ...

Two of Japan's most respected institutions — kiosks and koban (police boxes) — have gone empty in recent weeks, upsetting many who regularly depend on them. The shock waves are still reverberating ...

Japanese police will introduce a range of new security measures at the network of over 6,000 koban police boxes across the country after a series of attacks resulted in the deaths of two officers.

People in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, breathed a sigh of relief early Monday after police announced they'd arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing one of their officers and stealing ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Inspired by the Japanese Koban, the LAPD aims to create a safer city with the first mini police station located at The Grove. "A Koban, as Rick stated before, is a small ...

As it gets colder, it is a time to be careful in Japan, especially with colds and flu. In contrast to many other countries, homes in Japan are not heated or insulated as well as they should be and it ...