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Japanese cops are trained not to resort to their guns until an order has been given from the higher ups, and they're not going to be able to overpower the Chinese Special Forces unit mixed in with the sheer number of rioters with just hand to hand. Any slip up on that part and now you have armed rioters/Special Forces in control of the GATE.Doesn't Japan have like a bazillion police officers? In manga and anime there's always a cop around every street corner. Even if they are so incompetent they can't solve any crimes without the criminal's confession. If the JSDF can't do anything about rioters, due to being so toothless, the cops certainly should be able to.
Plus the local government doesn't want the bad press both local and international of hundreds of "peaceful demonstrators" getting gunned down in the exact same spot the original invasion started at.
They need to break the will of the rioters with a massive display of force, hence why they ordered the retreat from Alnus. They need to get back to the other side before the Chinese manage to close the GATE on the Japan side and completely cut them off.