Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged police to toughen up after a television news report showed two police officers fleeing from a man brandishing what appeared to be a baseball bat.

• 电视新闻中播出了一件怪事，两位警官在一名男子面前仓皇而逃，而那人手里挥舞的不过是一根形似球棒的东西。日本首相小泉纯一郎为此要求日本警察“坚强起来。”