Fukuoka Prefecture has become the first prefecture to offer monetary rewards to anyone who reports finding a hand grenade.
According to new rules set down by the prefectural government, anyone volunteering information that leads to the seizure of hand grenades or the arrest of the owner stands to receive a 100,000 yen reward for each grenade, Fuji TV reported.
The move comes after five criminal cases involving hand grenades were reported in the prefecture last year. According to police, some residents also reported finding hand grenades, and one was seized from a car in Kitakyushu.
© Japan Today
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MustardKing
Here, catch!
Wait, did you want the pin, or just the grenade??
Laguna
timeon
Kitakyushu, the land of Kudo-kai, the craziest yakuza around. they love grenades, and don't hesitate to use them, even on "civilians"
oberst
100000 yen for each, this can create a cottage indusytry in making grenade in the garage......................
Hôjô Sôun
Wow...crazy! Does turning one in put you on a watch list?
Jan Claudius Weirauch
To clarify they don't mean remaining world war 2 ordinances?
ReaperInc
Smart move, give men what it want most and it shall provide what you need.
gogogo
Is there a hand grenade problem in Japan?
timeon
Darren, many of them are handmade.
Ranger_Miffy2
Handmade grenades? WTH?
Patrick Lane
Got a box full of them in the basement!
lostrune2
Man, what happened to just good ol' li'l guns?! Are Japanese advancing over that development straight to IEDs?
jessebaybay
if they are hand made, whats stopping people from making a grenade and saying they found it for the reward? Surely they aren't hand made?
Aqualung
It doesn't sound easy to make a grenade, but you can make a modified pipe bomb with 7-11 fireworks.
kaminarioyaji
So, on balance...
Risk of being killed in an earthquake in Fukuoka = very low.
Risk of being killed by an errant driver, or the above kind of whackjob = quite high.
Useful to know.
yourock
in KitaQ, still looking. 100 grand would be nice.