JAPANESE POLICE FORCE
RECENT IMPROVEMENTS (Rec. 9.80 a.m.) TOKIO, Feb. 15. The Japanese police force, with recent improvements in arms and equipment, is back to pre-?mr strength, the Japanese Attorney-General, Shunkichi Uede, told the Diet to-day. Ueda said that Japan wo*ld not increase the police force above the present 125,000 after occupation. “We are depending on the courage and loyalty of the Japanese people, plus the present police force to cope with any national emergency,” he said. The Japanese police force last month was equipped with over ‘IOO,OOO :ld American Army revolvers and Sam Brown belts.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 105, 16 February 1950, Page 5
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