TOKYO: In preparation for US President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan from tomorrow, the Metropolitan Police Department will be on full alert primarily in central Tokyo, deploying about 18,000 officers – the highest level in 20 years for the protection of a prominent person.
To guard Ivanka Trump – the president’s daughter and adviser, who arrived on Thursday afternoon – female officers from the plainclothes unit of the riot squad are being deployed for the first time.
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