Knife-wielding man robs Tokyo sushi restaurant of Y720,000

Sunday 13th September, 01:48 PM JST

TOKYO —

A man robbed a sushi restaurant in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward on Sunday morning, getting away with 720,000 yen, police said. According to investigators, the man broke in through the back door of the Choshimaru conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Yanaka at around 6:30 a.m. The deputy restaurant manager, 26, was the only employee on duty at the time and had just arrived.

Police said the intruder brandished a knife and ordered the deputy manager to open the safe and give him the money. He then fled with about 720,000 yen. The robber was described as being of Asian appearance, about 30, 160-170 cms tall and spoke broken Japanese.

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13 Comments

mackemack at 01:59 PM JST - 13th September

...of asian appearance... Well, that narrows it down!
Beelzebub at 02:29 PM JST - 13th September

... broken Japanese. Any Japanese can learn how to do that by visiting a McDonald's outlet!
bokudayo at 04:17 PM JST - 13th September

inside job
stirfry at 05:04 PM JST - 13th September

japanese are asian...of course that comes as a bit of a shock to your average local
isthistheend at 05:29 PM JST - 13th September

That's pretty expensive sushi. You mean he got the equivalent of 1000 people maguro?
shwettybawls at 07:04 PM JST - 13th September

Guy knows where the money is....tuna is quite a money maker!
noborito at 09:58 PM JST - 13th September

"Asian appearance" still blaming foreigners for every little crime.
TokyoLurker at 10:14 PM JST - 13th September

"Asian appearance" still blaming foreigners for every little crime.

I'm sure they want to frame foreigners again.....
azzassa at 11:38 PM JST - 13th September

"Asian appearance" is Japanese for "the thief was Chinese".
bushlover at 11:49 PM JST - 13th September

No it actually could be a foreigner but I hope the local cops don't rule out this guy fabricating a story. What about security video from anywhere? Sorry but the dudes story is in a word "fishy".
gogogo at 01:20 AM JST - 14th September

Asian appearance

Is this a joke? Asian appearance in Japan....
GAYMAN at 08:23 AM JST - 14th September

fits the profile of a sushi chef
shayouzoku at 02:40 PM JST - 14th September

If only someone in the restaurant had a knife to defend against the attack...