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The 300 million yen robbery (三億円事件, San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or 300 million yen incident, was an armed robbery that took place in Tokyo, Japan, on December 10, 1968. A man posing as a police officer on a motorcycle stopped bank employees transferring money and stole 294 million yen. [1]
300 million yen robbery-Fuchū, Tokyo: Disguised as a police officer, an unidentified man stops a security van belonging to the Toshiba Corporation near Tokyo's Fuchu Prison and, in the guise conducting a bomb search, hijacks the van successfully escaping with almost 300 million yen. Despite a massive investigation into what would become the ...
The largest heist in the history of Japan, the never-solved "300 million yen robbery", occurred in the Tokyo suburb of Kokubunji. A man dressed as a police motorcyclist pulled over an armored car that was taking holiday bonus money from the Japan National Bank to the Toshiba factory in Fuchu. The "policeman" ordered the driver and three guards ...
The 1968 “300 million yen robbery” took place outside of the walls of the prison. The prison facilities were renovated over a ten-year period from 1986 to 1995. As of December 2015, Fuchū Prison was the largest prison in Japan, housing 2086 prisoners.
1968: The 300 million yen robbery occurred in Harumicho. This was the biggest robbery in the history of the nation. This was the biggest robbery in the history of the nation. 1973: The Musashino Line opened for traffic.
Japan’s biggest bank apologized Monday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers’ safe deposit boxes. The bank, formally known as Mitsubishi ...
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A wealthy California businesswoman was gunned down in front of a restaurant in broad daylight in what initially seemed like an armed robbery. Now, authorities claim the brazen Jan. 10 shooting of ...