Japan has police boxes everywhere.
They're called koban. Tiny ones on street corners, run by a few officers in shifts. About 14,000 across the country if you count the rural ones too.
You go there for stuff like asking directions, turning in a wallet you found, or reporting something. Honestly, a lot of people just stop by to say hi.
The officers walk around the neighborhood. They know who lives where. Kids wave at them on the way to school.
Singapore copied the whole system in 1983. Their crime rates dropped. Brazil and parts of the US have done the same.
Japan didn't make policing better.
They made it friendlier. ๐ฏ๐ต
The Cistercian monks invented a numbering system in the 13th century which meant that any number from 1 to 9999 could be written using a single symbol.
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Someone used Suno AI to generate a Japanese metal band called Neon Oni. Fake member bios, AI-generated music videos, "Based in Tokyo" on Spotify.
80,000 monthly listeners. Fans had it in their Spotify Wrapped top 5. Merch was selling.
Then, community sleuths exposed it. Traced the creator's account to Europe. Spotted AI-generated hands in the music videos.
The creator's response? Recruit 7 real musicians from actual Tokyo bands to perform the AI-generated songs live.
They've now played several live shows and have more on the books.
From an interview with the band's creator: "In an age where AI is taking everyone's jobs, this has actually created jobs. It's done the complete opposite."
The AI --> real band transformation is a wild one.
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