kōban

small neighborhood police station found in Japan
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kōban

Summary

kōban ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kōban is in the country of Japan[2].
  • kōban's image is recorded as Koban (police box) from Sudo-cho.jpg[3].
  • kōban's subclass of is recorded as neighbourhood police office[4].
  • kōban's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01171074[5].
  • kōban's Commons category is recorded as Kobans[6].
  • kōban's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051g4c[7].
  • kōban's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kobans[8].
  • kōban's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+6509'}[9].
  • kōban's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+6260'}[10].
  • kōban's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '交番'}[11].
  • kōban's revised Hepburn romanization is recorded as kōban[12].
  • kōban's transliteration or transcription is recorded as kōban[13].
  • kōban's hashtag is recorded as 交番[14].
  • kōban's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19662795[15].

Why It Matters

kōban ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[1] kōban has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] kōban is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Q100775579. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . White Paper on Police. npa.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . soumu.go.jp. Retrieved . soumu.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . BS 4812:1972. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). kōban. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/k-ban
MLA “kōban.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/k-ban.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_k-ban_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kōban}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/k-ban}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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