Japanese police officers who had to be disciplined hit a 10-year high last year, prompting calls for an overhaul for the force.
Figures released by the National Police Agency on Thursday showed that 337 personnel had to be disciplined over the course of the year.
The problem has become so serious that a leading Japanese newspaper published an editorial on January 26 describing the scale and sheer number of incidents as “hard to believe” and demanding that senior management “rebuild the…
Japan’s police face calls for overhaul as discipline cases hit 10-year high
