Lonely Japanese Man Steals Other’s New Year Card
If you were wondering why your New Year greeting card did not reach your Japanese friend, one probable reason is because it might have been stolen. A 46-year-old homeless man was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing New Year’s greeting cards delivered to another person’s home in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture
When questioned by the police, the suspect explained:
I felt lonely because I’m homeless and single. I wanted to see photos of families (on New Year’s cards I stole).
So how many new year cards did he steal? 450 New Year’s cards addressed to 35 households.
He was arrested when local police had received a phone call from a local resident reporting that a suspicious man was searching mailboxes in their neighborhood. Officers spotted Yamada and arrested him.
Source: Mainichi Japan
Come to think of it, I have never received any new year greeting cards specifically addressed to me, but I don’t go around stealing it from other people’s mailboxes. LOL
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i kind of feel bad for the guy
thats about 14 cards on average to each of those houses…..we got no new years cards………..ever
I only know of Christmas and New years cards, not new years on its own
Really its kinda sad that the guy is that lonely but i think stealing cards addressed to other people would make me feel worse
Hm better contact my friend to see if he got my letter…
poor guy though.
I’ve heard from a japenese that her 90 year old father has written 600 new year postcards and recived 600. It’s normal to writte new year postcards thats a big event in Japan.