They will leave after the ceremony, but will be sent to Osaka again when foreign VIPs visit.
The other 7,800 officers, from the Osaka police, will take charge of marine security and counterterrorism measures on trains and planes.
At the time of the Aichi Expo in 2005, a total of 4,000 police officers were deployed, including those dispatched from outside Aichi Prefecture, where the event took place.
[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Photo by Reuters
AloJapan.com