20,000 police officers each in Tokyo, Hokkaido for G-8 security

Thursday 03rd July, 07:04 AM JST

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buggerlugs at 09:34 AM JST - 3rd July

Guess this is in the crime section because of the heinious waste of money! lucky the is no section for "Stupidest event"
Youdontknow at 09:35 AM JST - 3rd July

Just pick up a stick and start chasing them...it'll be like 20,000 keystone cops from the 1920's running down the street!
Sarge at 09:38 AM JST - 3rd July

"Nobody goes to Hokkaido"

Nessie, where are you?!
some14some at 09:39 AM JST - 3rd July

So, that means you can pretty much do anything you like in other areas of Japan cos all the police are in Tokyo and Hokkaido

exactly, rest of japan should not become heaven for criminals/anti-social elements.
UnagiDon at 09:43 AM JST - 3rd July

the Self-Defense Forces are also stepping up security on an order by Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba against possible terrorist actions, such as airplane hijacking...

...or alien invasion, no doubt.
RMGTTF at 10:51 AM JST - 3rd July

They seem to have installed stick-weilding policemen on little pedestals at every Tokyo station.

Yeah and I think that to complete the required amount they brought some cops back from retirement, the one in my station is so old that you will see him shaking while standing
Proffessor at 10:55 AM JST - 3rd July

Simply over doing it. Really, no need.
lipscombe at 11:23 AM JST - 3rd July

the one in my station is so old that you will see him shaking while standing

that's fear at being confronted with a heinous looking foreigner
oneearth at 11:38 AM JST - 3rd July

40,000 That's waste of taxpayers' money. Nobody cares in japan this thy r country it sucks about the money and the peoples thy dont love thr own peoples foolish also my wife sure shi is japanes
wilbur at 01:09 PM JST - 3rd July

"oooh look, we're important, please take us seriously"
thepro at 01:11 PM JST - 3rd July

Sapporo is crawling with the fuzz at the moment. Completely overdone.
RMGTTF at 02:09 PM JST - 3rd July

that's fear at being confronted with a heinous looking foreigner

That could be :D. I'm sure he was about to call reinforcements.
flash1480 at 03:31 PM JST - 3rd July

Dont be mistaken, those stick wielding cops have been out and about in nagoya for a few weeks already, not to mention the unusually high presence of cops on the roads. Paranoia is out there Japan wide people. Gaijin card. Dont leave home without it.
UnagiDon at 07:36 PM JST - 3rd July

Paranoia is out there Japan wide people.

Including among JT posters, apparently.
JoeBigs at 09:53 PM JST - 3rd July

Speaking of going overboard......

Heres a funny one, found a poster in the subway. Had not seen this one before. No it was not the lame comic who says gooood gooood goooods poster. This one was even better.

It was a military recruitment poster, showed soldiers wearing radiation suits entering buildings. In the caption it said, FIGHTING TERRORISM...

I laughed my tail off when I saw it..............