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Intruder arrested after entering woman’s apartment via balcony

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Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 27-year-old man after he unlawfully entered the apartment of a 25-year-old woman via the balcony in February.

According to police, Hiroki Okada, a restaurant manager in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward, entered the woman’s apartment at around 8:15 p.m. on Feb 9 and hid behind some curtains, Kyodo News reported. The woman, a company employee, is reportedly acquainted with the suspect, but was not home at the time.

Police said a man who lives with the woman noticed a figure behind the curtains when he returned home. When he pulled back the curtains, he found Okada. When the man went to call police, Okada managed to flee the scene. However, he was identified from personal belongings he dropped on the balcony.

Police said Okada, who was arrested on Monday, told them he met the woman after being introduced to her by a mutual acquaintance. The woman told police she had never invited Okada to her apartment, nor given him her address.

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There are so many questions raised by this article.

Like, they guy broke in and hid behind a curtain for an unknown amount of time, presumably while the woman was there (?) that bit is unclear, then some guy she lives with finds him, and walk calmly off to call the cops, leaving the curtain guy to escape? It's all really weird.

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agree with Mat

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Police said Okada, who was arrested on Monday, told them he met the woman after being introduced to her by a mutual acquaintance. The woman told police she had never invited Okada to her apartment, nor given him her address.

This guy is going places, hopefully somewhere he can't stalk and potentially hurt people. My guess is that he fancied her, stalked her prior, then made the move. I've read other JT articles similar to this and it shows a general pattern where a man meets a woman they find (potentially) attractive and instead of maturely conveying their feelings, they follow them to their house and the rest is history. This is just me speculating here. Having rented apartments with balconies, the flimsy switch-like lock on a glass door is not reassuring at all.

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Tragedy averted. This creep didn’t expect a man to come home instead of the woman he thought would be alone. - Stalking, Breaking & Entering, … doubtful he was there just with a birthday ‘Surprise!’ amongst his items:

- “ [Hiroki Okada] was identified from personal belongings he dropped on the balcony.” -

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Lock your doors. Double lock your balconies & windows. Taking her idea from Home Alone, …

a single, female friend interchanges a large pair of men’s shoes periodically outside her door to discourage any interest/inquiries from periodic delivery men. She also hangs 1 or 2 pieces of men’s clothing on her balcony as a deterrent to those passing panty thieves.

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Like, they guy broke in and hid behind a curtain for an unknown amount of time, presumably while the woman was there (?) that bit is unclear, then some guy she lives with finds him, and walk calmly off to call the cops, leaving the curtain guy to escape?

If you read the story, it says the woman was "not home at the time." The guy she lives with came home and encountered him, then called the police. Nobody said "calmly." So far as letting the guy escape, not everyone wants to play hero and chase a potentially dangerous freak, especially if the guy dropped his phone or ID. I imagine there was a tussle that caused the intruder to drop his personal effects before running away.

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Ridiculous

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No fault of questioning or errant readers earlier in the thread @commanteer 9:13am: If you read the story…”.

That additional tag was added after 9:05am: “… , but was not home at the time.” - Look at the previous posts also asking similar questions.

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Everyday you read stories of perverts, stalkers, abusive partners in this place, unfortunately it starts making one think these are not isolated cases. Last night I watched the short documentary "living lonely and loveless in Japan", the picture is more terrifying than I thought, it seems japanese women hate japanese men these days, to the point it's almost a miracle the japanese still procreate.

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He was identified by the personal belongings he dropped on the balcony. This country. Laugh every day.

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Back in the day, I had to hide in a closet for about six hours when my “friends” boyfriend came home. Ever held your wee for six hours. I couldn’t.

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"Okada managed to flee the scene" while the man who lives there "went to call the police".

Call me old fashioned, but finding a pervert behind the curtains of your apartment when you get home calls for punching his *#.+.ing lights out before you call the police.

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Happy to live in a location where these crimes do not happen.

Love you Zichi, but don't kid yourself. It could happen for the first time in your community this year. Times are changing.

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@Toshihiro SPOT ON!

This guy is going places, hopefully somewhere he can't stalk and potentially hurt people. My guess is that he fancied her, stalked her prior, then made the move. I've read other JT articles similar to this and it shows a general pattern where a man meets a woman they find (potentially) attractive and instead of maturely conveying their feelings, they follow them to their house and the rest is history. This is just me speculating here. Having rented apartments with balconies, the flimsy switch-like lock on a glass door is not reassuring at all.

This could have ended in a tragedy! If the guy was that bold to go to great lengths to stalk this women and break into her apartment and wait he had more than just lust on his mind. He wasn't the smartest guy because he left belongs that identified him. I agree with

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there is always "a man who lives with" the victim in these stories.....is he her boyfriend? Just a room mate? What is he doing there? Also, was the curtain hiding man arrested only because he unlawfully entered through the balcony? If he had posted himself through the letter box to gain entry, would he have escaped charge? So many questions.....

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However, he was identified from personal belongings he dropped on the balcony.

I imagine what he dropped on the balcony as he fled had to be DNA-tested in order to identify him.

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