OSAKA -- Two men broke a storefront window at Osaka's Takashimaya Co. department store outlet and stole six Louis Vuitton handbags worth about 1 million yen in total, local police said Monday.

According to investigators, the two men used a hammer to break the glass at around 5:30 a.m. and made off in a white vehicle that had been parked nearby. A taxi driver waiting for customers saw the incident and notified police.