Man arrested for attempted bank robbery in Tokyo

He has a debt of 500 M ? !! Leave alone paying it back, I’m really curious how he got all that money ! And the idea that a toy gun would do the trick is hilarious

Police said Inaba told them he needed 500 million yen to pay off his debts.

Oh wow. That's $3.3 million US.

Don't tell me that was all from gambling.

And the idea that a toy gun would do the trick is hilarious

Agreed. But desperate people will do desperate (and dumb) things.

He will get a suspended sentence and be back playing with his toy guns in no time.

Shows the state of Japan. Sad really.

Shows the state of Japan

"Police responded to an emergency call from the bank and detained Inaba at the bank. The gun was a toy model, police said."

they got these nut-tricks running around and I get mean looks for nothing...

"Police said Kazuto Inaba, a company employee from Edogawa Ward"

pointed what looked like a handgun at an employee, aint that what they call obstruction of business too?

Mastermind already has a job, looks like he could use a leucotomy.

The article doesn't elaborate on what kind of toy gun it was. It's possible it was an airsoft gun, which is easy to get in Japan and can pass as a real gun at first glance.

puregaijinMar. 13  05:19 pm JST

He has a debt of 500 M ? !! Leave alone paying it back, I’m really curious how he got all that money ! And the idea that a toy gun would do the trick is hilarious

Why is it hilarious? There are very realistic toy guns available in Japan and if you're a bank worker, likely with very limited knowledge of or experience with guns and someone comes in with one, why would you assume it's fake? It was likely a terrifying situation for whatever teller he approached, anyone else who saw or was involved and for the police too, because they likely have little experience dealing with people with guns. The whole thing could've gone very bad. Yeah, it sounds like a good laugh.

https://airsoft-shop-japan.com/modelguns/

And the idea that a toy gun would do the trick is hilarious

No joke - a guy who was a little bit older than me stood up the bank with a BANANA. Of course, he didn't brandish it, but had it in his pocket.

"Okay, stick 'em up. This finger has a hair trigger on. Hollow point fingernails, too."

I suppose that the bank played it safe, and quite well, too. If the gun had been real, it might have gone another way. A big risk by this guy. It didn't pay off. Instead of feeling guilty, I'd be too embarrassed to answer the other guys in prison: "So, whada you in for?"

Y500 million to pay off debts.... it sounds to me like he might be safer in Jail depending on who he owes the money to.

Bank tellers steal more money from bank on average than a bank robber,with a stroke of a key,they can initiate all kind of fraud and go undetectable for years

Bank tellers steal more money from bank on average than a bank robber,with a stroke of a key,they can initiate all kind of fraud and go undetectable for years

Just because you see something happen in a movie or read about one banker doing something like that in the newspaper, it doesn't mean that all bank tellers are stealing money.

@Yrral

Bank tellers steal more money from bank on average than a bank robber,with a stroke of a key,they can initiate all kind of fraud and go undetectable for years

I don't know what country you're from, my mother was a bank teller before she retired, everyday the money is accounted every dime.

Almost comical. Toy gun old guy. Did he have a walking stick also? Clearing some mental issues. Hope he can get some help. No one hurt obviously. Wouldn’t have been surprised if he apologized first before asking for the money and bowing. With police response time being 15 plus mins seems like a long time to rob a bank. Did they have a meeting or something. In and out in mins is kind of the way you see it on tv.

Almost nobody in Japan knows what a real gun looks like. So I am not surprised!