Japanese man steals ¥100 cup of noodles: Prison is good!

January 9, 2010 by Toonleap  
Filed under Japan, News, Oddities

The economy situation is so bad in Japan that this homeless man and ex-con stole a 100 yen cup of noodles so He could return to prison…

A man recently released from prison stole a single cup of instant noodles and turned himself in here Friday in an apparent attempt to return to jail, police said.

The 41-year-old suspect apparently stole the cup of noodles — worth 100 yen — and ate them at a tatami maker’s workshop in Kashihara on Tuesday, and took a taxi to a police station on Friday, asking to be arrested.

The man, released from prison in December, had neither a home nor a job, and had only a few one-yen coins in his pocket when he was arrested. Police said he could not pay the taxi fare of around 8,000 yen.

Source: Mainichi / Image Source

If you wonder about the photo, He is Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) from Prison Break eating Ramen in Japan…Not related to the news itself, but sometimes it seems Reality is stranger than fiction.

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4 Responses to “Japanese man steals ¥100 cup of noodles: Prison is good!”

  1. Blowfish on January 9th, 2010 12:56 pm

    There are more people than you believe that can only resolute to these tactics especially if they have noone they can rely on.
    Sad but true

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    Toonleap Reply:

    The government should help this people so They can work or be useful for society…

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  2. Glo on January 10th, 2010 12:29 am

    Wow. Just wow.

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