Overview
- Police say two men smashed a glass case and grabbed four luxury watches worth about ¥200 million in a brazen daytime raid that took roughly 10 seconds on Tuesday.
- Investigators say one suspect rented an electric kick scooter about 10 minutes before the theft, the pair split at the scene, and CCTV shows them reuniting about 350 meters away where police later found the abandoned scooter and discarded clothing.
- Authorities arrested two men in Osaka who have largely admitted the robbery and recovered at least one of the stolen watches when they searched the suspects’ lodging.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police are still analysing extensive security footage, checking whether others were involved, and probing why very high‑end watches were on display at Nakano Broadway.
- Shop owners and a former investigator say the case exposed unusual vulnerabilities at the complex and may prompt tighter display security and renewed scrutiny of scooter‑rental checks as a tool for quick urban getaways.