Peko-chan mascot dolls, which were retrieved from recycling shops in Osaka, are stored at a police station in the city of Wakayama.

Yakuza exec arrested for stealing Peko-chan doll

Wednesday 02nd September, 04:38 PM JST

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donkusai at 10:38 PM JST - 2nd September

10 of these have been stolen at about 200,000 yen each, that's a 2,000,000 yen profit. It adds up pretty quickly.
meguro at 10:48 PM JST - 2nd September

ohh , i tought yakuza has a lot of money why they steal ??
helloklitty at 11:11 PM JST - 2nd September

He'll lose a pinky for that boneheaded mistake.
ptolemy at 11:18 PM JST - 2nd September

I don't know kittychan, depending on WHY he stole it, he could lose more. Fiberglass can leave serious wounds. Nyuk, nyuk.
usaexpat at 12:06 AM JST - 3rd September

Awsome, pinched for not prostitution or shabu or collecting protection money but stealing Peko chan. This guy made my day.
S7ro9kGm3aQ at 12:15 AM JST - 3rd September

"Licking chops" is just bizarre in this context. That Japanese doll thing is either smacking its lips, or licking its lips.
KitsuneYoukai at 12:53 AM JST - 3rd September

I guess the Kid in him made him do it!!!!

Sounds like something out of Japanese Animation.
ca1ic0cat at 01:04 AM JST - 3rd September

Yep, of all the crazy things to get nicked for stealing a mascot statue has to be the lamest example. Sounds more like a college prank than organized crime...

Maybe he has his own collection?
jeffrey at 01:25 AM JST - 3rd September

What an amateur! A co-worker once filled his apartment (school owned, mind) with "borrowed" traffic cones and other road work signage.

We all know yakuza can be vicious SOBs, but I think this shows what they are at their core - morons and losers.
DenDon at 01:42 AM JST - 3rd September

drug dealing and prostitution pffffft. steal a doll and you're in for it
thorgrimfile at 03:11 AM JST - 3rd September

Under-boss? Capo-regime? Consigliere? Or just plain old crew-leader? Really, can't come up with nothing better than "executive"? He must have been wearing his red power-tie when he nicked the priceless piece of plastic...
zurcronium at 03:11 AM JST - 3rd September

The Yaks usually just take what they want and the folks just let them. I saw a bunch of yaks just walk through a shinkansen ticket gate to get on the train, no problem. Right to the green car they went.

Strange in this case the Yak was arrested. The shop owner must have some juice or he is fearless. He was probably paying off one yak family to protect his store when this other yak came strolling in and ripped off the doll.
Kureigu3 at 08:09 AM JST - 3rd September

Executive??? Who is the CEO of Yakuza inc?
ratpack at 09:45 AM JST - 3rd September

Hey maybe he wanted to stuff with it white power and transport it to someone else!!! Either way sounds al caponish to me....can't get him any other way so lets get him for stealing a peko.
kokorocloud at 01:15 PM JST - 4th September

This story is awesome. If we're going to have crime, I wish the majority of them were like this instead of all those bizarre murder and/or drug cases.