{"id":20108,"date":"2023-07-14T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T04:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=20108"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T04:06:18","slug":"20230714-20108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230714-20108\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese police incur wrath of users by using rubber bands on Pok\u00e9mon cards seized after theft\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yamanashi prefectural police have become the object of harsh criticism on social media after they released footage of valuable <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> and <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/strong> trading cards they retrieved after a theft was committed in a trading card store. Japanese users took issue with the fact that the cards were shown tied in stacks using rubber bands, risking damage to their surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 4<sup>th<\/sup> Yamanashi and Saitama prefectural police re-arrested a 25-year-old Japanese man for stealing 430,000 yen (over 3120$) worth of <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/strong> cards from a trading card retailer in Saitama, Japan. The man had previously been arrested and indicted for the theft of Pok\u00e9mon cards and admitted to committing about ten similar acts because he was in need of money (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyoto-np.co.jp\/articles\/-\/1060298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kyoto-np<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the stolen cards were retrieved, they were revealed to the public on the news, with close-ups of premium cards worth over 700$ dollars being shown and images of stacks of trading cards bound with rubber bands appearing as well. Trading card enthusiasts did not miss this detail, and immediately took to social media to voice their complaints, outraged at the callous handling of the precious items.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5c71\u68a8\u770c\u8b66\u5bdf\u62bc\u53ce\u3057\u305f\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u8f2a\u30b4\u30e0\u3067\u6b62\u3081\u3066\u308b\u306e\u30e4\u30d0\u3059\u304e\u3067\u3057\u3087<br>\u8de1\u3064\u304f\u304b\u3089\u8fd4\u9084\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3082\u4fa1\u5024\u3060\u3060\u4e0b\u304c\u308a\u3088 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7LVDkk2Rn\">pic.twitter.com\/p7LVDkk2Rn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u306a\u306a\u308f\u308a\u306e\u3044\u3061\u3054\u3063\u3066\u8ab0\uff1f\u5e74\u53ce\u306f\uff1f\u604b\u4eba\u306f\uff1f\u8abf\u3079\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01 (@otatuqed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/otatuqed\/status\/1676382648321859584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> Yamanashi police binding the cards they seized with rubber bands is so messed up&nbsp;<br>It\u2019s going to leave marks so even if they get returned, they\u2019re going to be almost worthless<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Can the cards really become worthless so easily? Apparently, yes. According to the manager of one of the biggest Pok\u00e9mon card retailers in Japan, the world of trading cards is a lot stricter than many may think, and the smallest of scratches can decrease a card\u2019s value dramatically.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6674\u308c\u308b\u5c4b2\u30fb\u6e21\u8fba\u7fd4\u5e97\u9577\u300c\u4e00\u822c\u306e\u4eba\u304c\u898b\u3066\u3044\u3066\u3082\u3001\u3069\u3053\u304c\u50b7\u306a\u3093\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3082\u306e\u3082\u50b7\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6271\u308f\u308c\u308b\u4e16\u754c\u3002\u8f2a\u30b4\u30e0\u306e\u8de1\u306a\u3069\u304c\u4ed8\u3044\u305f\u3089\u5927\u304d\u306a\u50b7\u3068\u5224\u65ad\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3082\u304a\u304b\u3057\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u306e\u5de6\u4e0a\u306b\u898b\u3048\u308b\u767d\u3044\u90e8\u5206\u3002\u3053\u308c\u3067\u3082\u50b7\u3068\u6271\u308f\u308c\u308b\u4e16\u754c\u3002\u5143\u306f2800\u5186\u306e\u5546\u54c1\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u5c11\u3057\u50b7\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3060\u3051\u30672000\u5186\u304f\u3089\u3044\u306b\u6e1b\u984d\u300d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kHZQKtyBNT\">https:\/\/t.co\/kHZQKtyBNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmyRrbW71Q\">pic.twitter.com\/PmyRrbW71Q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udd42\ud835\udd5d\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd6b\ud835\udd52\ud835\udfd9\ud835\udfd8\ud835\udfe0 (@Kleza_108) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kleza_108\/status\/1679375525008248833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation: <\/strong>Sho Watanabe, manager of Hareruya2, said that \u201cin the world of trading cards, even things that an ordinary person wouldn\u2019t even be able to find on a card are treated as damage. Rubber band marks, for example, could be considered major damage. The white bit on the top left corner of this card \u2013 even this is treated as damage. This card would have originally been worth 2800 yen, but with just this little scratch the value goes down to 2000 yen.\u201d<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20230711-OPMUJRLSG5L3DNJVBAGOSGDHAE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> for The Sankei News, a representative of Yamanashi prefectural police explained that as the cards were evidence of a crime, they had to be kept together, which is why they had bound them with the rubber bands. They also added that the rubber bands were only used while the cards were being displayed to the public and that they were otherwise kept in bags. Another important detail is that the cards put in the bound stacks were only lower-value cards, so the affected retailers themselves actually had no complaints about the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u306e\u8f2a\u30b4\u30e0\u306b\u7e1b\u3089\u308c\u305f\u753b\u50cf\u3060\u3051\u304c\u62e1\u6563\u3055\u308c\u3066\u308b\u3051\u3069\u3001\u5b9f\u969b\u306b\u306f\u96a3\u306b\u30ac\u30e9\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30b9\u304c\u30c9\u30ab\u30f3\u3068\u7f6e\u304b\u308c\u3066\u3066\u3001\u9ad8\u305d\u3046\u306a\u306e\u306f\u305d\u3053\u306b\u5165\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3093\u3060\u3088\u306a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJjbTPk989\">pic.twitter.com\/AJjbTPk989<\/a><\/p>&mdash; musuka (@musukamusuka1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/musukamusuka1\/status\/1678968124237049856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> Only the image that shows the rubber band-bound stacks has been circulating but there&#8217;s actually a glass case right there in which the expensive looking cards seem to be kept.&nbsp;<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yamanashi prefectural police are receiving harsh criticism  for using rubber bands to bind Pok\u00e9mon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards they seized after a 430,000 yen worth theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":20110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-20108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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