‘You’ll never get your money back’: Japan’s dancing cops video with anti-scam message goes viral

The video, which was uploaded by the Hiroshima Prefectural Police on X on Oct 7, has chalked up 10 million views and 94,000 likes in five days. - Photo: Screengrab from HP_MAPLEKUN/X

TOKYO: Stoic-looking, smartly clad police officers performing kawaii dance moves to children’s singing that sound almost like a nursery tune.

This is how some Japanese police officers hope to draw attention to social networking scams. And it works.