A vehicle crashed into the guardrails on a sidewalk near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Wednesday, but there were no injuries, police said.
The driver, a man in his 50s, was arrested by police at the site near the Ote-mon Gate of the palace on suspicion of negligent driving.
The car had been heading toward the Imperial Palace and continued straight through a T-junction before crashing around 11 a.m. The driver was speaking incoherently, according to the police.
Photo shows a car that crashed into the guardrails on a sidewalk near the Ote-mon Gate of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 30, 2025. (Kyodo)
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