Police in Tokyo have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of assault and attempted robbery after he tried to steal a police officer’s gun in a koban (police box) at Shibuya Station.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 2:50 a.m. on Sunday at the koban in front of Shibuya Station, Kyodo News reported. The police officer was alone in the koban at the time.
The suspect grabbed the officer’s neck and threatened him with a pair of scissors. He then tried to steal the gun from the officer’s holster.
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Oct 26 (Tokyo MX) – JR渋谷駅前の路上で、拳銃を奪おうと警官を襲ったとして、自称自営業の26歳の男が逮捕されました。
Man injures 3 junior high school children with bamboo sword
Japan Today – Oct 20
Police in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assault and trespassing after he entered the grounds of a junior high school and injured three students with a bamboo sword.

Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turns 88
NHK – Oct 20
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turned 88 on Thursday.
The Empress Emerita moved in April from a temporary dwelling to her current residence in the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, where she lived when she was Crown Princess.

The Dark Side Of “Unification Church” in Japan
Japanese Comedian Meshida – Oct 17
After the assassination, it was revealed many conservative politicians have a connection to the Unification Church and it has become a big problem. So today I’ll talk about the Unification Church and the politicians who are related to the Unification Church.

Why Japan’s porn industry may go away soon
Nobita from Japan – Oct 14
In 2016 around, media picked up an incident that a woman was tricked into porn which drew people’s attention a lot as a serious social issue of Japan.
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