Japan's first robotized koban, or police box, able to provide directions, couseling services and even sense when a visitor is (a) danger, will debut in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in 1995, it was reported Sunday. ... The MPD previously asked for appropriation of \250 million from the Tokyo metropolitan government in its next fiscal year budget for full-scale research into a robotized police box.
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