Two women stole two rings worth 16.2 million yen from a jewelry store in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Sunday.
According to police, the two women entered the Estelle store in a shopping mall at around 3:30 p.m. and were being shown a range of rings, TV Asahi reported. When staff left the women to attend to other customers, the pair left the store. Staff realized that the rings were missing and alerted the police.
Police are on the lookout for the women, who they described as being "Southeast Asian in appearance."
© Japan Today
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Kabukilover
Heavy accents? They really could be from Saitama, depending on what you classify as heavy.
flipper2
Southeast Asians, uhmm sounds like somewhere in the south of Japan or is Japan not part of Asia? If they ask me if I saw anything, I would say ''doesn't RING a bell'' HAHA
megosaa
sure they are not chinese??
Guza!
i smell foul play here
Korlacan Khanthavilay
Lol, looks Southeast Asian. I'm Southeast Asian and no one seems to ever guess what I am. I apparently look Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and the most mistaken one, Filipino. I don't know how many ppl try to speak Tagalog to me.
whiskeysour
Crowded shopping mall on a Sunday
Shakedown the escort,soapbox and girlie bars around Aichi.
Next time a foreigner steals, robs and etc they should leave a note and give their nationality. It will help the police and salespeople to narrow down the suspects.
I thought all jewelry stores had cameras, hidden cameras, and outdoor cameras.
In a shopping mall ??? check the security cameras How did they get their by walk,bus, car or bicycle
One camera spotted them
lachatamber
I was watching the news and according to the shop clerks they spoke with heavy accents and looked SE Asian. not everything is an anti-gaijin conspiracy.
Alistair Carnell
Didn't I read this exact same story (albeit about two men) some months ago ? Is JT recycling news ?
Serrano
If they're caught, the ladies will say they were just saving the government from having to "redistribute the wealth."
Braindead
Good score!
DentShop
See what you did there - like it
I have always had a soft spot non-violent criminals like the two above. Their swagger, their way of reading others while staying cool, their single-mindedness.
Who cares, shops have insurance, the police are made to look stupid and two South-East Asians are clinking champagne glasses right now.
BurakuminDes
May I take the opportunity to remind you that the vast majority of all crime in Japan is committed by - brace yourself - Japanese. It's not a gaijin problem as you are inferring. Even Japanese cops have their hands involved in crimes (literally) as reported daily in the news.
nath
Not intending to rub it in the attendant's face, but when you're dealing in valuable items, you should be a bit more observant than having "Looks Southeast Asian to me"
Patric Spohn
Well done ladies. Take the opportunity when it arises, of course ;)
Kabukilover
I mean they might be Saitama girls with suntans. Danged typo!
Thomas Anderson
Just another blame the foreigners routine by the Japanese police.
Kabukilover
How does someone "look Southeast Asian," pray tell. They be Saitama girls with tans.
titaniumdioxide
Yes, that is because they thought they are living in a peaceful country. That is not always the case when you are around with Gaijins ???? This will be another reason for the Japanese to despise Gaijins.
Richard bHard
Well I guess these women figured no guy was ever gonna buy them the rings,so they just took them. I am sure though that if i stole so much as pack of gum from a conbini they would have the whole police force looking for me.
BurakuminDes
Be prepared for shakedowns by the cops, gaijin of all colours in Aichi! Years ago there was a conbini robbery in my suburb here - supposedly by a chinese guy. Us white fella english teachers subsequently got the doorknocks and interrogations over the next few days. Of course, they never caught the (alleged) Chinese fellow. I do hope they catch these criminals but their methods pretty questionable so I doubt they will.
RaggedyRose
Are we sure it's not an inside job?
bajhista65
Some Japanese are very trusting and honest.... poor salesgirl.
Herve Nmn L'Eisa
" Police are on the lookout for the women, who they described as being “Southeast Asian in appearance.”"
Ooh! I think I saw some of them today. They're everywhere, there're everywhere!
Mirai Hayashi
THIS!
and
THIS!
Totally lack of common sense!
kolohe
Stupid staff! Fire the staff!
rickyvee
Police are on the lookout for the women, who they described as being “Southeast Asian in appearance.”
well, they should be easy to spot then.
papigiulio
Have a closer look at this 8 million yen ring, while I'll be over there helping some other costumers......sigh