{"id":70212,"date":"2026-07-28T18:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70212"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:25:29","slug":"japanese-trading-card-shop-offers-1-million-yen-bounty-to-whoever-finds-robbery-culprit-but-only-if-you-capture-them-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-trading-card-shop-offers-1-million-yen-bounty-to-whoever-finds-robbery-culprit-but-only-if-you-capture-them-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese trading card shop offers 1-million-yen bounty to whoever finds robbery culprit, but \u201conly if you capture them alive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shop in Gifu, specializing in selling Pok\u00e9mon and One Piece trading cards, announced on July 23 that it had been robbed the previous night. According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaitorip_game\/status\/2080181680661520777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post on X<\/a>, the store was forcefully broken into late at night, and much of the shop\u2019s inventory is currently missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010 \u72af\u884c\u52d5\u753b\u516c\u958b \u3011<br><br>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u306e\u4eba\u7269\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u60c5\u5831\u3092\u52df\u96c6\u958b\u59cb\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u2705\u751f\u3051\u6355\u308a\u3000\u00a51,000,000\u5186<br>\u2705\u6709\u529b\u60c5\u5831\u3000\u00a550,000\u5186<br>\u2705\u62e1\u6563\u3000\u3000\u3000\u00a5\u3054\u5354\u529b\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059<br><br>\u60c5\u5831\u63d0\u4f9b\u8005\u69d8\u306e\u4e8b\u306f\u3082\u3061\u308d\u3093\u53e3\u5916\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\u203c\ufe0f\u7686\u69d8\u3054\u5354\u529b\u5b9c\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u76f4\u63a5\u3001\u95a2\u8b66\u5bdf\u306b\u60c5\u5831\u63d0\u4f9b\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u3066\u3082\u69cb\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002 \u260e\ufe0f\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h99tk8w8H7\">https:\/\/t.co\/h99tk8w8H7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHJyDPRSQC\">pic.twitter.com\/JHJyDPRSQC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ab\u30a4\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30d7\/\u5c90\u961c\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\ud83d\udc51 (@kaitorip_game) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaitorip_game\/status\/2080974821681414163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As they couldn\u2019t identify the thief via security camera footage alone, the card shop\u2019s manager decided to take to X to seek further information about the culprit. In a kind of online \u201cwitch hunt,\u201d the card shop offered 1 million yen (about $6.1k USD) to whoever \u201ccaptures and brings the robber alive.\u201d Additionally, those who know any valuable information about the culprit can submit it for a reward of 50k yen (about $305 USD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post quickly went viral among Japanese users, mainly because of the huge bounty offered, with many amused by the slightly edgy wording of the post. Since the shop in question also operates as a buyer of trading cards, some users have been jokingly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/naobiygo\/status\/2081755721004445778?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asking<\/a> how much money they would offer if the culprit was \u201cin a scratched condition.\u201d Luckily, the shop management <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaitorip_game\/status\/2081741299389174262?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> that the price will stay at a solid 1 million yen \u201cas long as the culprit is breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With prices of Pok\u00e9mon and One Piece trading cards soaring year after year, incidents like these have become even more common in Japan as resellers seek out rare and expensive cards. In a slightly <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-card-shop-robbed-of-valuable-cards-by-other-pokemon-card-shop-a-few-blocks-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bizarre case from last year<\/a>, an owner of a Pok\u00e9mon card shop was involved in stealing roughly $90k dollars\u2019 worth of cards from another Pok\u00e9mon card shop in the same neighborhood. 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