Man photographed robbing ramen shop at knifepoint

Ironically, the very Kurumaya Ramen store he robbed was hiring at the time.

Epic FAIL

This vividly shows the smartphone SNS dependency spreading among the youth.

Could of done a better job at catching the man's face but someone did dial the police and this photo just ads to the evidence in the case to no harm no foul twitter struck student. The irony at the end really made me laugh though. oh people.

Very sad!! He would have made more money taking the job. Now he will have to work for a prison somewhere for very little money!

The 20 customers present reportedly continued eating their ramen as if nothing was happening.

wow really?! and that's why i'm disliking japanese cause they don't do anything when there is something bad happening. not the first time i hear this

just to have 5 secs of fame on twitter or 2000 likes on FB. Sad really, its starting to look like China when nobody helped a small little girl that was run over by a truck.

Hey Papi, better to let them take the money and keep your life.

Good thinking by the Tweeter and 110 dialer. Rest of patrons simply were looking at their noodles and slurping away.

i'm disliking japanese cause they don't do anything when there is something bad happening

That's an effing big knife to play have-a-go hero against. You first, LH10.

..continued eating their ramen as if nothing was happening

The situational equivalent of playing dead when a gunman is spraying bullets.

and that's why i'm disliking japanese cause they don't do anything when there is something bad happening

Really? You would prefer the headline to read, "One person dead, Two people in hospital from knife wielding robber". They only APPEARED to not notice. Meanwhile the police were called and someone even took a picture. No one was hurt and the thief was caught. Sorry, I just don't agree with your view.

Cool someone did call the police, but the customer who chose to tweet instead. Douche.

@halogenic: There were 20 people! vs 1 :

at least know one got hurt, and that's most important.

@papigiulioAUG.

@halogenic: There were 20 people! vs 1

Which means that at least two or three people could have been hurt...

We don't know if all 20 of those people even realized a robbery was taking place. This wasn't some crazed slasher in a crowded station, so there probably wasn't any immediate danger to anyone. The important thing is to make sure the guy gets caught. I think the photographer and 110 dialer made the right decision here.

they should always have a bat behind the register.

The 20 customers present reportedly continued eating their ramen as if nothing was happening. One patron thought that this would make an awesome Twitter post and popped up to take the shot.

Another customer dialed 110 and alerted the police.

So, the 20 customers carried on eating as if nothings were happening but one of the 20 dialed 110 and alerted the police. I'm confused. Was he one of the 20 because it seems like he did something?

On the positive side, phone cams provide way better pictures than grainy old CCTV footage (really poor quality here). Sadly, "getting a cool shot" sometimes takes priority over helping in an emergency.

I would've taken him out!

It's a big call to make to intervene here and unless you have extreme confidence in your abilities then its best to look after number one first.

Hey, someone got a pic and the cops got their guy! Good work

sighclops: I would've taken him out

Sure you would've.....

@JA_Cruise The chahan cooking pan can do the trick.

The 20 customers present reportedly continued eating their ramen as if nothing was happening.

wow really?! and that's why i'm disliking japanese cause they don't do anything when there is something bad happening. not the first time i hear this but if a gaigin...evrybody will call...

“I was out of work. I needed the money.” Ironically, the very Kurumaya Ramen store he robbed was hiring at the time.

hahahhaha!

Who was the moron that tweeted the photo? What a selfish pr*ck he was, would rather be popular on twitter than actually calling the police and saving lives if the guy had decided to get violent

did the first thing that came to mind in such an emergency. He tweeted it.

Not much of a mind

One patron thought that this would make an awesome Twitter post and popped up to take the shot.

The voyeur

The 20 customers present reportedly continued eating their ramen as if nothing was happening.

The ignorant

Another customer dialed 110 and alerted the police.

The sensible.

So 1 in 23 people know the right thing to do. A scarey thought

I would've taken him out!

I too would have willingly risked my life in order to potentially save a faceless insurance corporation 250,000 yen. After all, what is life for if you cannot sacrifice it for the owners of big corporations?

" and that's why i'm disliking japanese cause they don't do anything when there is something bad happening

Really? You would prefer the headline to read, "One person dead, Two people in hospital from knife wielding robber". They only APPEARED to not notice. Meanwhile the police were called and someone even took a picture. No one was hurt and the thief was caught. Sorry, I just don't agree with your view. " I tend to dissagree because I saw 20 aftermath officers wrestle a very intoxicated knife weiding JN in Fussa-shi several years ago.

Scooby, Keep in mind this is a RocketNews story... The original article only only gives a bare minimum of facts.

wished I was there. ... but I dont eat that shit.

Door opens, slams shut and this guy won't be seen for 5 years.

I'd think there could have been more than one guy working the ramen counter or was it a female who just handed over all that cash. You'd also think there would be another worker who would brandish a much larger knife and would scare Ishii away. But that's a different movie.