from my study of the TMPD in the 19th century I get the idea that
the system attempted to make people entirely dependent on the
police...the police became walking phone books filled with info,
they gave references and basically monitored daily life in their
jurisdiction...there is no aspect of your daily as a citizen which
in some way did not intersect with that of the police...in fact the
more stuff I come across the more obvious it is that to have the job
of "inspector" made your life somewhat public...everyone viewed you
as a moral authority (and that is what the government wanted)...they
became the "dry nurse" of society as Toshiyoshi Kawaji put it...we
all understand the idea of LAW and ORDER...the TMPD greatly
emphasized the ORDER part as well...now what is the TMPD doing today
to reach out to youth you ask?
http://www.tosho.co.jp/hypertext/mita/
and does anyone know WHAT the mascot is...to me it looks like a
mouse with an antenna...the country who has given us Hello Kitty and
Keropi (the frog) and Tuxedo Sam could do better than this ^_^ it is
not cute enough
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SHQ@yahoogroups.com, "secretary"
wrote:
> Short article doesn't mention the importance of Meiji Government
> officials who visited British colonies in Asia and studied the
> police system of the British.
> http://www.japanecho.co.jp/sum/2004/310319.html
>
> Kendo's official revival in [1879] at Ueno Park sponsored by the
> Metropolitan Police Board...
> http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=233
>
> Fujita Goro would participate in his first kenjutsu tournament in
> the TMPD in [1882]