Woman breaks into neighbor's apartment to recharge cell phone battery

Sunday 25th January, 01:28 PM JST

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catiano at 07:58 PM JST - 25th January

This is one good examples of their common sense in Japan.
sensei258 at 08:30 PM JST - 25th January

If she had the key for a year, and all she did was charge her cell phone, consider yourself lucky and just change the lock.
GW at 09:04 PM JST - 25th January

farmboy

assault & battery................charger!
Yuki_51 at 10:24 PM JST - 25th January

One hour on a cell-phone charger would run about 0.4 yen.
airrunwesker at 12:06 AM JST - 26th January

...she already had a key? If I was dense enought to buy the construction story, how in the world did she know the charger would fit her own phone? What are the odds for that?

And does the neighbor really buy this story?
GoingtoJapan at 12:17 AM JST - 26th January

Probably Mental Problems
donkusai at 12:52 AM JST - 26th January

The victim probably demanded the copy of the key back, and got slashed for her trouble.
samsarks at 06:39 AM JST - 26th January

the occupant should thank her stars she is alive.2009 ill be a wonderful year in japan
likeitis at 11:37 AM JST - 26th January

If she used a key then she didn't break in....

Yes she did. In legal terms, the breaking is not of anything real, but the imaginary seal around a door you make when you close it. A closed door is a sign of not wanting random people coming in. Even if the door was unlocked, its still breaking and entering as the woman did not have permission to break that seal. The only way it isnt breaking and entering is if the door is hanging open.
likeitis at 11:48 AM JST - 26th January

Don't phones come with chargers? If her charger is broken, she could pick up a new one for a few hundred yen.

If you don't know about those cheap chargers then you don't know. The first time I saw a generic charger was in a convenience store and it was expensive. My first impression was "these things are expensive!" But being a guy, I tend to hang out in the hardware sections of stores rather than the clothing, and I stumbled on the cheaper ones. Its pretty typical of women to be as ignorant of these things as I am of what handbag is popular this season. Each to their own, unless its criminal.

There's either more to the story, or this woman may have psychological problems.

I am going with both.
nimbus at 01:08 PM JST - 26th January

The 34 year old woman had the key for a year. Do you think this would be the first time she used it to gain entry to her neighbour's apartment? I bet if the younger woman took time to look around she would notice belongings missing in her apartment.
sageb1 at 01:47 PM JST - 26th January

that lady should be banned to the country for a spell without her cellphone as punishment.
dennis0bauer at 03:19 PM JST - 26th January

if you are not living in Japan, then you do not understand, recharging a phone is a matter of life and death!
Yelnats at 03:34 PM JST - 26th January

Thank god she didn`t steal it.
martyman at 06:35 PM JST - 28th January

She probably borrowed the knife too.