A knife-wielding man robbed a convenience store in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, of between 70,000 and 80,000 yen on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:30 a.m. at a FamilyMart store. Local media quoted police as saying that a man went to the counter and brandished a knife at the store manager, motioning him to open the cash register.
The man, who said nothing the whole time, took the money and fled on a bicycle.
The manager was not injured and there was no one else in the store at the time, police said.
© Japan Today
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sir_bentley28
Pepper spray should be made legal for stores only as a measure of protection in cases like this!
baroque1888
It is a shock that this kind of thing could occur in Japan. I thought Japan like Taiwan has one or the lowered violent crime rates globally.
I feel like if we go back to the 1980s, this kind of thing was unheard of in Japan.
Spidey
Overall, still a safe country compared to some others.
Would much rather be looking down the blade of a knife instead of the barrel of a gun.
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John
I am not surprised that a convenience shop was robbed. It is common for this type shops holding cash to be targeted, which is common in most of the countries.
falseflagsteve
It must be easy to find this chap. If he was on a bicycle he must like relatively local