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Man arrested after entering imperial palace grounds to ‘see Princess Aiko’

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Police in Tokyo on Saturday arrested a 56-year-old man for trespassing after he entered the grounds of the imperial palace by climbing over a gate.

According to police, the man was detained at around 5 a.m. after he climbed over the Hirakawa-mon Gate.

Police said the man told them he just wanted to meet 20-year-old Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.

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the man was detained at around 5 a.m. after he climbed over the Hirakawa-mon Gate.

Can he wait at least until office hour?

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"Can he wait at least until office hour?"

Good question...

Another nutcrack loser arrested for illegal entry of the Japanese imperial palace in violation of Japan's criminal trespassing laws.

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there are a lot of police officer around imperial palace.

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Bit too early and a bit too cold to be climbing over walls!

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"He climbed over their imperial palace Hirakawa-mon Gate"

just asking: their security cameras did not alert their regiment of their officers to take him down, before he climbed over their Japanese imperial palace gate.

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Sounds like Michael Fagan, who climbed into Buckingham Palace to visit the queen. And, unlike this guy, was successful. Lucks like the Japanese guards do better job than their counterpart.

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That guy must have been really desperate.

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There was a similar case in Myanmar in 2009 when a nutter American named John Yettaw swam through a snake-infested lake to get to the dwelling where Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest for years. It had the effect of getting the poor lady an additional 18 months of house arrest. Perhaps the Imperial Household Agency will lock Aiko-sama away for another 18 months to protect her in the same way.

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