Home Residents in Japan Koban aka local police station experienceRResidents in JapanKoban aka local police station experienceDecember 6, 20225 comments Japan probably has the weakest police department among the first world countries we can think of.(I‘m only talking about the KOBAN this time around. Not sure about the actual POLICE STATION station) Tags:Japan LifeLiving in JapanResidents in Japan 5 comments​https://preview.redd.it/bgd3k95dse4a1.jpeg?width=730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f6bb5bbc264ccbd63278be30c02a815ca84e92Yet both petty and major crimes are basically non-existent relative to the West, so…yeah, scoreboard.So…is there a story behind this experience? Is this one of those fill-in-the-blanks?Or is this related to [your post not long ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/zcx7qa/facebook_shopping_scam/iz2he6c/?context=3) regarding a scam, where it was suggested you go to the police station (and **not** the koban)?Where’s the rest of the story?> Japan probably has the weakest police department among the first world countriesShouldn’t this be saved for Friday’s praise sticky?Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
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Yet both petty and major crimes are basically non-existent relative to the West, so…yeah, scoreboard.
So…is there a story behind this experience? Is this one of those fill-in-the-blanks?Or is this related to [your post not long ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/zcx7qa/facebook_shopping_scam/iz2he6c/?context=3) regarding a scam, where it was suggested you go to the police station (and **not** the koban)?
> Japan probably has the weakest police department among the first world countriesShouldn’t this be saved for Friday’s praise sticky?
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Yet both petty and major crimes are basically non-existent relative to the West, so…yeah, scoreboard.
So…is there a story behind this experience? Is this one of those fill-in-the-blanks?
Or is this related to [your post not long ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/zcx7qa/facebook_shopping_scam/iz2he6c/?context=3) regarding a scam, where it was suggested you go to the police station (and **not** the koban)?
Where’s the rest of the story?
> Japan probably has the weakest police department among the first world countries
Shouldn’t this be saved for Friday’s praise sticky?