Akihabara Installs Security Cameras
In June 2008, a 25-year-old man named Tomohiro Kato got out of a van and started stabbing bystanders. 7 ended up dead and 10 were injured. To restore the neighborhood’s reputation, 16 surveillance cameras have been set up.
“We hope the cameras will deter crimes. And we want to assure the public that Akihabara has become a safe place,” Chiyoda Ward spokesman Kazuhisa Yamaguchi said. The video feeds will be monitored by members of the neighborhood association.
While none of the 16 cameras covers the site of the rampage, other neighborhood associations are planning to set up an additional 34 surveillance cameras by the end of March to monitor major streets, Yamaguchi said.
The cameras cost nearly 10 million yen to purchase and install – a hefty price to pay in order for security to be restored!
Source: Japan Today, Japan Times
There shall be peace on the Streets of Akihabara where Otakus can walk freely with no worry of theft and bullying .
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zenical Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Never been there yet, but I know I will feel worried if I went to the exact same area ><
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How useful will the cameras be? I really don’t know how useful the ones installed in Hong Kong are going to fend off future acid attacks, or install security cameras like crazy like what they have done in the UK? I don’t know to be honest.
And there’s no sign of pedestrian zone (hokosha tengoku, 歩行者天国) back to Akihabara so far after the attack.
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zenical Reply:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:16 am
a sense of security for the folks walking down the streets I guess… will be useful to tourists I guess? “Feeling safe” while touring haha.
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