Osaka taxi firm unveils new anticrime device featuring light, sound

Osaka taxi firm unveils new anticrime device featuring light, sound

OSAKA, Japan - A taxi driver tests a new anticrime device in Osaka on Jan. 9, pushing an emergency button to trigger an SOS signal, turn on a light installed above the rearview mirror to shine on an attacker in the backseat, and sound the taxi's horn. An Osaka taxi company, one of whose drivers was seriously injured in an armed robbery early this week, has developed the device to deter attacks.

Mascot characters join anticrime campaign in Osaka

Mascot characters join anticrime campaign in Osaka

Kumamoto Prefecture's bear-like mascot character "Kumamon" (C, R) and its Osaka Prefecture counterpart "Mozuyan" (C, L) resembling a shrike appear at a crime prevention campaign meeting in Higashiosaka, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2015. At the gathering of about 150 citizens and kindergarten students, they called for attention to handbag snatching and other crimes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Anticrime, terrorism HQ meets at PM's office

Anticrime, terrorism HQ meets at PM's office

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from L) attends a meeting of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Measures Against Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and Other Relative Issues and International Terrorism at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Osaka taxi firm unveils new anticrime device featuring light, sou

Osaka taxi firm unveils new anticrime device featuring light, sou

OSAKA, Japan - A taxi driver tests a new anticrime device in Osaka on Jan. 9, pushing an emergency button to trigger an SOS signal, turn on a light installed above the rearview mirror to shine on an attacker in the backseat, and sound the taxi's horn. An Osaka taxi company, one of whose drivers was seriously injured in an armed robbery early this week, has developed the device to deter attacks. (Kyodo)

Anticrime drill on Japan bullet train

Anticrime drill on Japan bullet train

A security guard (front) with a two-pronged weapon tries to subdue a knife-wielding attacker in a drill on a bullet train conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. at a stockyard in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo