Japan’s Thieves can be very polite!

October 2, 2009 by Toonleap  
Filed under Japan, News, Oddities

Some thieves in Japan can be very polite!

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A would-be Japanese robber armed with a wooden stick was arrested after being confronted by an angry shopkeeper, apologising and calling the police to confess his crime, an official said Wednesday.

Takashi Owada, a 54-year-old unemployed man, demanded money from the 59-year-old female cashier at a convenience store in the northern city of Fukushima on Tuesday, according to a local police spokesman.

But she told him, “Don’t be silly!”, Owada immediately changed his mind and said: “I’m sorry.”

He called the police at the store exit with his own mobile telephone and was arrested within minutes on the spot for attempted robbery.

Japan has a strict control on firearms and most gun violence is linked to gangs.

Even so police do not recommend scolding robbers, the spokesman said.

Source: AFP via Google / Image source

I think this was the first time ever for this man to do a crime…and failed miserably!…At least, nothing “bad” happened!

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One Response to “Japan’s Thieves can be very polite!”

  1. Corban on October 2nd, 2009 9:53 am

    Japanese sense of oneness is very strong. I suppose to them, stealing from a fellow Japanese would be like mugging your own aunt. In comparison, a very heterogeneous society, where people have fewer salient bonds, would rarely see something like this.

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