Police in Koryo, Nara Prefecture, have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of property destruction after he ruined several pieces of fruit at a supermarket.
According to police, the man used his finger to poke holes in kiwifruit, bananas and other items such as peppers, at the supermarket at around 6:25 p.m. on May 10, Sankei Shimbun reported. In all, he ruined 16 pieces of fruit, worth about 4,145 yen, the supermarket said.
Police said the man, who was arrested on Monday, has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he did it to ease his stress and anxiety. Police said the man told them he had done the same thing about 30 times since April. Police identified him after examining store surveillance camera footage.
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HoldingYouAccountable
I don't know about you, but I can think of 100 other ways to relieve stress...
Newgirlintown
What a bellend.
obladi
This is right out of an Itami Juzo film
oldman_13
Tampopo.
That is all.
AG
This is what crime is around here... poking fruit at a supermarket!
How good would be if the rest of the world was safe like this.
Unfortunately as soon as you leave Japan you need to hide your wallet otherwise consider it gone.
The only good part is that they might let you keep your fruit if you are carrying some lol.
Albert
This will be japanese news with the increasing of elderly people.
jiji Xx
Mickelicious
absolutely!
hmdrpthk
quoted him as saying he did it to ease------------
*At least good, he did not commit any crime against women to ***ease his stress and anxiety.**
BackpackingNepal
Locals! Careful with those fruits, new infection may arise.
@obladi
Yeah, it really looks like Itami Juzo fiom and movie title will be Supermarket Man.
virusrex
The surprising thing is that he got away doing it over 30 times, probably this time he was confident he would not be caught no matter how much he did and finally did enough damage to be reported to the police.
sir_bentley28
Somebody get this child a roll of bubble wrap and a box of crayons!
shogun36
How do you poke holes in bananas?
You’d actually have to pierce it with your nails or deliberately dig into it.
Even if it were super soft, you wouldn’t be poking holes, you’d be just flattening them.
This joker was on a mission.
moonwatcher
After he poked the pilot holes with his finger I suppose its fortunate he didnt poke the holes again with something else...
SirFrancisWinchesterIV
Guy better watch his back in the hoosgow. They don't take too kindly to fruit-ruiners I hear.
relic1980
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Here in the US he'd probably just get escorted out of the store and banned from coming back.
But sir, there's no shame in bubble wrap. Or stress balls. Or in autumn, walk through some crunchy leaves.
Stewart Gale
I wonder what on earth goes on in the Japanese police station away from the prying eyes of a defence lawyer or video camera that makes suspects so quickly admit to previous offences.....
Laguna
expat - hah! Guess they forgot the decimal point.
Zaphod
He is mental, but what is society to do? Locking him up for this stupid behaviour is overkill.
Zaphod
expat
You have to multipy that with 30, according to him
kurisupisu
A new form of stress reduction?
Torturing vegetables!
Sven Asai
That’s the usual pattern of quite aged seniors who just only want to be caught, because pension is low, living costs high , daily life and corona restrictions difficult and exhausting, and now , if really put in prison , they are totally happy with a newly structured day, free clothes and food supplied and some little work , talking with other inmates instead loneliness, some pocket money for what they wished for long, be it a manga or a delicious chocolate bar, something small they can’t afford outside, etc , all that details makes them finally feel relieved like nothing else outside prison walls, because society could never offer them anything in all those decades.
Kaerimashita
I can understand him savaging kiwi fruit, but a banana???? Bananas are perfectly harmless.
Peter14
KaerimashitaToday 03:41 pm JST
Kiwifruit (commonly shortened to kiwi in North America) or Chinese gooseberry
Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China.
A little surprised that China does not plan on reclaiming ownership of it's gooseberry by invading New Zealand. Maybe that is why Ardern is hesitant to rile China?
But seriously, why would anyone want to harm innocent fruit?
Aly Rustom
he did it to ease his stress and anxiety???
Dude, get a hobby. Or go watch some AVs.
Sheesh! what a fruitcake!
Oops! Sorry!
Goodlucktoyou
As a vegetarian I pay around ¥2500.
But my partner gets very angry when I squeeze avocados to test their firmness
kaimycahl
@Ally Rustom this guy did pick up a hobby which was poking holes in fruit he did this over 30 times
Pukey2
Only in Japan could 16 pieces of fruit set you back 4,145 yen.
Peter Neil
More likely the SWAT team would be called out and he'd be dead.
Desert Tortoise
Poking holes in fruit is what a 7 yo does, not a 71 yo.
Sheikh Yerboaby
I hope the Police spared no expense at running down this obviously dangerous master criminal.......
starpunk
He's 71 years old and doing these rotten shenanigans? Didn't his mommy tell him not to do that stunt when he was 7? Damn.