A man broke into a house in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and then fled after being seen by the resident who was at home.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. Monday in Tama Ward. NTV reported that the intruder broke a window to gain entrance into the house.
However, the man who lives in the house heard the window being broken. He went to investigate and saw the intruder who immediately fled. The man then called 110.
Nothing was taken from the house and no one was hurt.
The intruder is described as having short black hair, and was wearing black clothing from head to toe.
The incident is the latest in a series of home break-ins in the Kanto area since August, many of which have been carried out by people recruited on mobile apps to do yami-baito (“dark” part-time jobs), police said.
© Japan Today
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sakurasuki
So Japan is no longer safe country.
Japantime
This is very common around the world. In some countries they kill the people in the house. In Japan, it is very rare so it is still safe.
GillislowTier
I’ll never understand dressing like a burglar to burgle
WoodyLee
"" The incident is the latest in a series of home break-ins in the Kanto area since August, many of which have been carried out by people recruited on mobile apps to do yami-baito (“dark” part-time jobs), police said.""
If the police knows the source of this syndrome why isn't the police acting ?
How difficult is it to go after these apps operators and shut them down for good, better yet search the back ground of all member and start going after them.
Internet providers and cell operators are to blame also for keeping these thieves alive.
Jim
@WoodyLee…
Totally agree with you!
falseflagsteve
Good news is the chap ran away and didn’t do awful things including murdering the homeowners that we heard a few of recently.
pecad28810
There have been cases this year of home invasions and murder in Japan. But yes, it is rare but no less rare than in other similarly 'low-crime' rate nations such as Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, Singapore, Switzerland and Portugal.
However, there is a growing problem with yami-baito with an alarming increase in home invasions and murders by strangers.