A kōban (交番 kōban)
is a small neighborhood police station found in Japan. Kōban also
refers to the smallest organizational unit in today's Japanese police
system.[2]
The name kōban derives from the name of the earliest structure built in 1874, which were indeed simple boxes meant for standing watch (立番 tachiban) in rotation (交替 kōtai), thus creating a compound word consisting of kō (交) and ban (番).[8]
Soon after, in 1881, kōban were transformed into local community
stations with as many as six officers and a new official name
hashutsusho (派出所) was given to it — although its common name, "kōban" survived.
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