{
  "id": 17771664,
  "title": "Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store with apology note",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/stolen-luxury-watch-returned-to-tokyo-store-with-apology-note",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:58:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261102/p2a/00m/0na/028000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tokyo police have returned a stolen 46 million yen ($291,000) Audemars Piguet watch to the store where it was taken. The luxury timepiece was delivered to Kame-kichi Nakano Honten on Nov. 1, 2022, via courier from Aichi Prefecture. The package contained a handwritten apology note, along with the watch's serial number, which matched the stolen item. Investigators suspect the sender's provided name and address were false. The heist occurred on Oct. 29, 2022, around 7:45 p.m., at Nakano Broadway shopping complex, when a man in all black tried on the watch and left with it. The Metropolitan Police Department is still probing the incident.",
  "summary": "TOKYO -- A Swiss-made luxury Audemars Piguet wristwatch worth 46 million yen (about $291,000) that was stolen from a store in Tokyo's Nakano Ward was",
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      {
        "outlet": "Tokyo Reporter",
        "title": "Thief who fled Tokyo shop with ¥46 million watch returns loot by courier with apology note",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/thief-who-fled-tokyo-shop-with-46-million-watch-returns-loot-by",
        "published": "2026-11-02T03:28:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}