Police in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested two men on suspicion of robbing a second-hand luxury goods store.
According to police, Yuji Todoroki, 24, of unknown occupation, from Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, and a 19-year-old man, also of unknown occupation, from Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture, entered the store at around 12:35 p.m. on Saturday, Sankei Shimbun reported.
They smashed a display case, stole a watch, necklace and other items, and fled. However, several men who happened to be passing by subdued the two, and them until police arrived.
One of the men who helped subdue the thieves was hit on the head with a hammer but his injury is not life-threatening, police said.
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I think their occupation is now known…they’re thieves.
Mr Kipling
Well done the "several men" who happened to pass by and help. Quite rare in Japan.
@Japan Glimpsed
TBS and FNN report that the two stole approximately 100 items (with a total value in the 10s of millions of yen), from the store, a pawnshop, The two fled, but a female passerby shouted "dorobo" (thief), whereupon others chased the suspects and subdued them.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f1c4c3e83ea39cfacffaf278c91b5f13fb610516