A 65-year-old woman was punched in the face and had her bag stolen just a few meters from her home in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m., Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. According to police, the woman, who lives in a municipal housing complex, had parked her car in the parking lot and was walking to the building. She told police that a man, whom she didn't know, walked toward her and suddenly punched her twice in the face and stole her tote bag, which contained her wallet, and ran away.
The woman’s husband contacted police. Police said she sustained minor facial injuries.
© Japan Today
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The State Department has Japan at a level-one status, the status reserved for the safest countries on earth. The city rankings from Numbeo have Japan as the eight safest country, Tokyo as the world's 25th-safest city out of 334 and Osaka as its 89th-safest city.Feb 6, 2024
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Redemption
Terrible and unnecessary.
Curious George
He probably needed money to pay his electricity and gas bills. In the winter months it is ridiculously expensive.
Newgirlintown
Shameful.
Sarunghakan Feng
Yeah... unnecessary. One time in Malaysia, a guy on a scooter tried to rob me by just taking the bag off of me, and I almost nearly lost it, luckily.
tigerjane
I remember going out night in Japan was really safe, however, from reading this story and others it appears these days are disappearing and fast. Truly sad.