From a vending machine no less. From MAINICHI (JAPAN) DAILY NEWS:

Policeman shot in butt with own gun while battling porn vending machine bandits

TAGAWA, Fukuoka -- A police officer is in a serious condition after being shot in the buttocks with his own pistol while scuffling with porno vending machine thieves here Friday, police said.

The 29-year-old sergeant from Tagawa Police Station is being treated for the wound to his buttocks.

Two men have been arrested for robbery resulting in injury in connection with the case.

Police said the sergeant was one of three policemen to rush to the scene after a security company informed them that somebody was tampering with a pornography vending machine in an isolated part of Tagawa just before 4:30 a.m. Friday.

The officers reached the vending machine to find two men trying to break into it.

A scuffle arose and one of the men took out the sergeant's gun, firing it and sending a bullet slamming into the police officer's bottom.

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The Japanese industry needs to give this guy some sort of recognition for protecting their profit margins.

Maybe Maria Ozawa could visit him in hospital in a sexy little nurse's outfit and give him some hand relief?

This man deserves a medal and should be an inspiration to law enforcement officials everywhere.

Without question.

I knew you could get beer from a vending machine in Japan, but I've never heard of a Porn machine before. And the pics on the site make it look like it's in some out of the way place on the side of the road.

Up until a couple of years ago you could even buy used schoolgirl panties in vending machines in Tokyo. Every now and then the police do a sweep of certain areas to clear out girls selling their panties.

It's not considered to be that big a deal over there.