Tokyo Wangan Police Station

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Tokyo Wangan Police Station (Japanese: 東京湾岸警察署) is a police station located in Kōtō, Tokyo.

[edit] History

During the fast growing development in the Tokyo's Wangan area, in the early 2004, a suggestion for the creation of a new police station was brought up. With the popularity of Bayside Shakedown franchise, it was thought that the station will be nicknamed "Wangan Police Station." Then in June 2005, the creation of a new police station was confirmed. In February 2008, the police station was finished.

Although the name of the police station was Rinkō Police Station in 2005, results of the survey, that was done with the residents, was mainly "Wangan Police Station" (湾岸署). ^[1] On June 27, 2007, the official name of the police station was confirmed to be "Tokyo Wangan Police Station." Since Wangan Police Station (湾岸署) is a copyrighted term by Fuji Television, they've added "Tokyo" before to avoid the problem. The station opened on March 31, 2008. ^[2]