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A watch shop at a shopping complex in Tokyo's Nakano Ward had its showcase smashed in broad daylight on Tuesday and four luxury watches worth about ?200 million ($1.25 million) taken by robbers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2026
Two arrested over luxury watch smash-and-grab in Tokyo
The two, who are Chilean nationals, allegedly smashed the showcase of a watch shop in broad daylight on Tuesday and made off with four watches worth about ?200 million.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a man smashed a display case with a hammer-like object and fled with four luxury watches worth about ?200 million from a store at a commercial complex in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward around noon Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2026
Thief swipes ?200 million worth of luxury watches from Tokyo shop
A male suspect was still on the run after smashing a showcase housing the timepieces and stealing the merchandise in an incident that took just about 10 seconds.
Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 12, 2025
GPS watch of hiker killed in Hokkaido bear attack shows last movements
Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others.
Osaka police have arrested two people, including a yakuza member, on suspicion of stealing a light truck loaded with about 200 items that included luxury watches on a street in Osaka’s Chuo Ward in May.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2024
Gone in 3 minutes: Yakuza member held over Osaka luxury watch heist
He and another suspect allegedly drove off in a delivery truck carrying 170 Rolex watches when the driver stepped away to make a drop-off.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2024
Tokyo police seek former boss of luxury watch rental firm over alleged embezzlement
The suspect, who is believed to have fled Japan, allegedly sold borrowed timepieces without permission from their owners.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 devices displayed in Los Angeles. Apple said on Dec. 18 it will stop selling some of its smartwatch models in the United States while it fights a patent battle over technology for detecting blood oxygen levels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2023
Apple plans rescue for $17 billion watch biz in face of U.S. ban
If the ban holds, Apple is working on a range of legal and technical options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jan 6, 2019
Changing times: Seiko eyes global luxury watch market as CEO takes iconic firm in a new direction
The executive floor at Seiko Holdings Corp. in Tokyo’s posh Ginza district is a piece of history unto itself — the chambers have remained the same for almost a century. If these walls and museum-worthy carved moldings could speak, they would perhaps wax poetic about how Seiko evolved from a watch and...
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2015
Jewel Watch: It’s all on the wrist
Have a child who won’t stop asking for a mobile phone? The Jewel Watch can help.
JAPAN / History
May 11, 2015
Gen. MacArthur’s watch fetches $75,000 in Geneva
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a watch worn by legendary U.S. five-star Gen. Douglas MacArthur was sold at auction Sunday for 70,000 Swiss francs ($75,000), far above the estimate.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2014
Citizen Watch opens flagship store in New York
New York
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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