External air conditioning units are being stolen in Tsukuba. Units that are not visible from the road are especially vulnerable to theft. If your air conditioner gets stolen, please report it to the police. If you buy another unit, be sure to protect it with anti-theft equipment.
Source: September 1, 2007 Issue of [...]
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If you are approached by a police officer, insist on seeing photo identification.
At around 6:30pm on February 26, a man claiming to be a police officer approached a 19 year-old university student in the Amakubo area of Tsukuba and told her that she was riding a stolen bicycle. He showed her a business card [...]
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Yes, I said hunters. The hunting season in Ibaraki and all the other prefectures besides Hokkaido began on November 15. You might be surprised to know that quite a lot of areas in southern Ibaraki are in the hunting zones. Did you know that a young man who was hiking alone on the mountain trail [...]
The Japan Meteorological Agency introduced an “Earthquake Early Warning System” (kinkyuu jishin sokuhou, 緊急地震速報) in 2007. The early warning will only give you a few seconds’ notice that an earthquake is about to happen, but that could be enough time to get yourself to a safe place.
Recently, a few people have fallen victim to [...]
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According to the Skylark Crime Prevention E-mail I received yesterday, seven Toyota Hi-Aces have been stolen in southern and western Ibaraki areas just this month! The police suspect that Hi-Ace and similar-typed cars will more than likely be targeted again, and they are warning the car owners to be on alert.
To see what Toyota HIACE [...]
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