APEC guard arrested for bringing knives to work

A security guard at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings in Yokohama has been arrested for showing up at work with two knives, police said Wednesday.

Hisanori Sekizawa, 44, an employee of Rising Sun Security Service Co., was found Tuesday carrying the knives in his bag at a security checkpoint in front of the Pacifico Yokohama convention center, the venue for the series of APEC meetings being held through Sunday, according to the police.

They said he told investigators the knives were for self-protection.

The police raided locations related to Sekizawa, including his home, and seized another knife, they said.

The knives he was carrying when he showed up for work were reportedly about 8 cm long