Police in Kyoto have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a laptop and a bag at a fast food restaurant.
According to police, Ryuichiro Nishimoto, a part-time worker, has denied the allegation. He was quoted as saying,"I didn't steal it; I just picked it up,” Sankei Shimbun reported.
Nishimoto is accused of stealing about 150,000 yen worth of items, including a laptop and a bag containing a wallet from a 21-year-old female university student who had temporarily left her seat at the restaurant in Nishikyo Ward at around 11:35 p.m. on Monday.
The woman noticed her laptop and bag missing and immediately called 110. Police officers detained Nishimoto near the restaurant and found the woman's belongings in his backpack.
© Japan Today
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shogun36
I don't care what country you're in.
If you're in a fast food place and you got 150,000 yen worth of stuff, you don't let it out of your sight.
Fools will take it.
rocketpig
I have dropped my wallet full of cash and get it returned, left bag, phone in full sight at macdonalds, never lock my bike the whole day at the station and even once left the house door open the whole day. In all cases, nothing happened. Japan has changed nowadays.
Hawk
I usually tell visitors to Japan that you can leave stuff at your table in restaurants or cafes if you go to the bathroom or whatever. I don't think this one incident proves that you can never do that, but I'll stop telling people they can. Let them perform their own risk analysis.
James
This used to be the case more often than not I have had similar occurrences however over the last few years with the new generation taking jobs in the industry it is more common to have your stuff swiped at the table.
I now carry a bag where ever I go and anything I use laptop phone keys etc all go in it as soon as I use it and I take it with me when going to the restroom after having several things stolen from the table and complain to the manager and all they do is look around and say nope sorry nothing we can do . All the while it sits in a servers pocket. I'll also just call the police next time something goes missing from my table too.
Hervé L'Eisa
Oh, he was just transporting the goods, you know, giving them a lift....