¥50 mil stolen from elderly woman’s home

Wonder why she kept such large amount of money in her house.

$500,000 US in a closet?

Rough equivalent, obviously.

hmmm, could be someone in her family that set this up. An early inheritance maybe.

It’s not uncommon for Japanese to keep large amounts of cash in their homes, but half a million bucks stashed in a closet seems pretty dumb. If you have that much cash laying around, surely you would use some of it to buy a safe.

I also think it was stolen by someone who was tipped off. I doubt if it was just a random burglary.

I keep more than a million yen in a safe-I distrust banks!

There's a huge distrust in banks from elderly people. Add to that the non-existing interest rates and people don't really see the need for a bank account. With all the houses left vacant by old people there's bound to be fortunes getting lost when those house are left to rot and then destroyed.

Clearly someone she knows.

Family connectoion I would guess. They turned over the other rooms to make it look random but that 90 minutes is a very short time frame. Someone was watching the house.

Such a smart thief relative to choose that daytime than the ninja hours. He just want to steal only avoiding the harmness.

I understand the elderly do not trust banks BUT 50,000.000 yen that just to much to keep at home... Well I guess she dose not have to worry about not trusting banks anymore.... Hope this loss does not make her homeless....

You never used to hear about these types of crimes in Japan years ago.

The times, they are a-changing.

There's more to this story than meets the eye.