Ibaraki prefectural police are looking for three men broke into a house in Bando, Ibaraki Prefecture, and stole 200,000 yen from the man who lives there.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:15 a.m. TV Asahi reported that the 54-year-old man, who lives alone, told police that the intruders woke him up, punched his face and demanded money.
The man, who manages an agricultural business, gave them 200,000 yen and two wristwatches. The gang bound his mouth and wrists with duct tape and left the house. The man was able to free himself and call 110.
Police said the trio entered the house by breaking a window.
Police said the victim suffered a broken nose and cut lip in the attack.
© Japan Today
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Laguna
Geniuses. They will be caught and jailed - all for 70,000 apiece.
nosuke
Poor guy hope they find them punks and lock them up. As the inflation continues to rise the crime rate and incident like this will likely be on the rise.
wallace
Frightening experience.
JTC
We'll be reading of more of these types of situations going forward, be careful with what you have, times are going to become much worse.
theFu
Do people really keep cash at home? If we added up all the cash in the house, I bet there is less than US$300 here total. I suppose US$1300 isn't THAT much, I've carried more when traveling but that was for a specific purpose and it wasn't in the house before the trip.
If anyone robs us, they will be very disappointed. We have old junk. Nearly zero stuff that anyone would think of as "valuables". Plus, the house alarm system will be blaring with police automatically called when window glass breaks. OTOH, police take 20 minutes to get here ... so it will be all over before they show up.
Mark
Another reason to go cashless.
Yohan
It is getting somehow worse in Japan, not so many crimes, but still it happens frequently - and recently not only in the cities, but surprisingly even in villages and rural areas.
Japanese people are still not very willing to invest more money for security in their own house.
It should not be possible to enter so easy through the windows.
Hopefully police finds out who did this, they should be sent to jail for a few years.
TokyoLiving
It's not a big deal, not to make so much drama..
Hercolobus
I hope they catch those good for nothing subjects.
602miko
Hoping to catch them and return the money