THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 30, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Manga character Sazae-san, who acts as a crime prevention ambassador for the Metropolitan Police Department, encourages people to use the Digi Police smartphone app to fight chikan in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on June 1. (Soichi Tsuchidate)
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