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Watch worth about ¥46 million stolen from Tokyo store
A man reportedly stole a watch worth about ¥46 million from a watch shop in Nakano Broadway, a shopping complex in Tokyo's Nakano area.
Police received a report of the theft shortly before 8 p.m.
on October 29.
The man had entered posing as a customer and was trying on a watch when he ran off with it still on his left wrist.
A shop employee chased him, but he escaped through the complex's basement and then fled toward Nakano Station.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating the case as a theft and searching for the suspect.
The watch's value and the circumstances of the theft were reported as estimates.
A watch worth about ¥46 million was reportedly stolen from a shop in Nakano Broadway in Tokyo.
Police are investigating the theft and searching for a man who fled from the store.
The man allegedly entered the shop posing as a customer and ran off with a watch on his left wrist.
A store employee chased him, but he escaped via the basement and then fled toward Nakano Station.
- Who
- A man posing as a customer is suspected of stealing the watch. Police are searching for him.
- What
- A watch valued at about ¥46 million was reportedly stolen.
- When
- October 29, shortly before 8 p.m.
- Where
- A watch shop in Nakano Broadway, Nakano Ward, Tokyo.
- Why
- Not stated.
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A watch shop in Nakano Broadway reported that a watch worth about ¥46 million had been stolen.
A store employee chased the suspect, who escaped through the basement and fled toward Nakano Station.
- Estimated value
- About ¥46 million
- Location
- Nakano Broadway, Nakano Ward, Tokyo
- Suspect
- One man, reportedly posing as a customer
- Escape route
- Through the basement, then toward Nakano Station
- Published
- October 29, 2026