2,000 pears stolen from trees in Ibaraki

Tuesday 22nd September, 08:47 AM JST

IBARAKI —

About 2,000 “Akizuki” pears were stolen straight off the trees from an orchard in Shimotsuma city on Sunday. Police said the theft was discovered Monday by the 66-year-old farmer who owns the field.

Police said the pears are estimated to be worth 300,000 yen.

News reports

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usaexpat at 11:04 PM JST - 22nd September

I love pears but I swear it wasn't me. I may steal a pear, orange, apple or whatnot if I happen to walk past a tree but certainly not 2000 of them. This must have been some sort of an organized theft for re-sale because one person could not pick nor consume that many pears.
Sarge at 11:36 PM JST - 22nd September

I have to ask - did the thieves steal the partridge too?
Sarge at 11:39 PM JST - 22nd September

I am not familiar with the Akizuki variety - are they more like western pears or Japanese nashi?
ca1ic0cat at 12:06 AM JST - 23rd September

Freaking squrrels got all our pears too.
Tosaken at 06:07 AM JST - 23rd September

ca1ic0cat at 12:06 AM JST - 23rd September

“Freaking squrrels got all our pears too.”

I wonder if it was the same gang of Korean or Chinese squirrels that got these pears?

No, not yaks, this would have been too much like hard work for them.
Sarge at 07:43 AM JST - 23rd September

"Fruit here is way too expensive"

Yes. A pack of 4 nashi in my local supermarket costs 498 yen.

"Freaking squirrels got all our pears"

Are you sure they weren't racoons?
BurakuminDes at 07:29 PM JST - 23rd September

Wow. I was accosted by a Nigerian in Roppongi last night who whispered "psst, Bro, got some pears yo, know what I'm sayin' homeboy? " He ushered me into one of the back alleys, led me to his mini-van, and lo and behold, inside there were several crates full of pears. At the time I thought "pears" was some sort of drug code - but now it's all adding up!
Sarge at 08:15 PM JST - 23rd September

Burakumin - So, did you buy any of the stolen pears the Nigerian was selling?
BurakuminDes at 08:34 PM JST - 23rd September

No, I didn't want to get messed up in that scene. One of those sweet, juicy pears would be all it'd take before they'd be pushin' peaches and Fuji apples on me at 500 yen a hit.
doedel at 12:07 AM JST - 24th September

BurakuminDes: wise choice! Some cop could have pulled you over for a 'pear test'.
KallyPygous at 02:15 PM JST - 24th September

Roppongi is just the place to see a nice juicy pear.
TokyoLurker at 02:16 PM JST - 24th September

i wonder if this even came up in tv news..
ultradodgy at 08:03 AM JST - 25th September

Love the source: "News Reports"
hellhound at 12:09 AM JST - 26th September

ahhahaha yeah, that is NOT a crime
kokorocloud at 01:35 PM JST - 28th September

But stealing is a crime! Poor old man.