There was a time not so long ago when it wasn’t even necessary to lock the front door in Kenichi Sonada’s neighborhood in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward.
“Now, even if you do, you’re not entirely safe,” said the elderly Sonada (not his real name), a recent burglary victim whose lock was expertly picked by intruders.
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