Police check Tokyo Imperial Palace moat for security threats
November 13th, 2009 by James
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary celebration of the Emperor’s reign, and today Barack Obama will be coming to Japan. Japanese police have been on high alert for security threats, as this video clip shows:
A team of police divers checked the imperial moat for dangerous objects, while other police spray-painted manhole covers to make it easier to check if any terrorists have attempted to access the sewage system. It would also appear that pay phones have been shut, since they might be used in some evil way.
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They don’t have robots to swim in that moat water ? Amazing that people are ready to do this kind of jobs just for cash.
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Oh great, this must mean trash cans in the whole area must have been sealed off or removed again. Increased security is generally good but the trash can thing always drives me nuts.
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So glad I don’t live in Tokyo…. Hopefully it will all be over before I next pass that way. Wonder if there is any extra gaijin carding going on? Debito hasn’t mentioned any.
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I couldn’t say from experience. I look and talk like a typical Japanese enough that I’ve never been carded. I’ve never seen anyone being carded neither.
The only time I caught the police’s attention was when I ran a red light on my bicycle at 12 AM on a deserted intersection …
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