Japanese Man Poses as Foreigner in Convenience Store Robbery
A 32-year-old Japanese man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to rob a convenience store in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, after allegedly posing as a foreigner and demanding money in broken Japanese while threatening the store manager with a knife. (News On Japan)
In Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, a 32-year-old Japanese man named Atsushi Goto has been arrested for attempting to rob a convenience store. Goto entered the store as a customer on August 18, pulled a knife on the manager, and demanded money in broken Japanese. However, the manager resisted, causing Goto to flee without taking anything.
Police claim Goto told investigators he pretended to be a foreigner and deliberately spoke broken Japanese during the incident. They are also investigating a similar robbery at another convenience store about 22 kilometers away the day before.
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