The Japanese underworld loves gold — it has been the analog bitcoin of crime syndicates in recent years. The origins of gold are difficult to trace, and the material is easy to convert into cash and store. Crime syndicates are increasingly smuggling it, stealing ...
A police officer in Aichi Prefecture is suspected of leaking information on last year's massive gold bar theft in Fukuoka to a suspect before 10 people were recently arrested in connection with the case, investigative sources said Friday. The 10 were arrested in May over ...
Five Japanese and three Chinese men were arrested Thursday for allegedly smuggling 206 kg of gold by ship into a port in Kyushu, law enforcement authorities said. If verified, it would be Japan's largest gold-smuggling case ever. The local customs house is trying to verify ...
The men who stole ¥384 million from a Tokyo gold buyer last week in Fukuoka likely timed the robbery to coincide on a day he would be withdrawing the cash alone, investigative sources said Monday. The man, who works at a precious metals shop in ...
Thieves broke into the German capital's Bode Museum before dawn Monday and made off with a massive 100-kg (221-pound) gold coin worth millions of dollars, police said. Police spokesman Stefen Petersen said thieves apparently entered through a window about 3:30 a.m. Monday, broke into a ...
Gold bars worth ¥600 million ($5 million) were stolen by men disguised as police officers in the city of Fukuoka sometime around spring this year, investigative sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, a group of men on the way to a cash-for-gold store was ...
The kanji for kin, meaning gold or money, has been picked as the character best symbolizing this year's social mood in Japan, a Kyoto-based kanji promotion organization said Monday. The selection came after Japan won 12 gold medals at the Rio Olympics and former Tokyo ...
New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an armored truck two months ago and disappeared with the estimated $1.6 million in treasure. The city's police department late Tuesday released photos and video ...
Want to impress the kids this Christmas? A Tokyo retailer has just the thing — if you've got ¥200 million to spare. Jeweller Ginza Tanaka is going all out this season with a 2-meter Christmas tree made with pure gold wire that's as fine as ...
Japan Post Co. will release pure gold plates shaped like stamps to commemorate Ichiro Suzuki's 3,000th hit in Major League Baseball. The gold plate will be fixed in a special holder with a photo capturing the moment the Miami Marlins outfielder reached the milestone, as ...
Gold products worth over ¥4 billion ($36.82 million), including a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) maker, were put on display Thursday at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka. The exhibit will showcase about 1,000 gold products through Monday, including the ¥43.2 million pure gold takoyaki grill that ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, NOV. 22 1916 Massive gold shipment arrives from Seattle When the Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner Sado Mura arrived at Yokohama early yesterday morning and was snugly berthed at the Customs Quay, consignees felt relieved. The vessel arrived from Seattle with a large consignment ...
