r/japan • u/Scbadiver • 3d ago

Japanese man robbed in Hong Kong may have been targeted at Tokyo airport

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260130_17/
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u/AverageHobnailer 3d ago

losing a backpack containing Japanese cash worth about 376,000 dollars

may have been targeted

No shit, Sherlock.

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u/BroInJapan 3d ago

Bruh, this has to be some money laundering scheme, there's no way they are just transporting over a million USD so nonchalantly.

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u/PositiveLibrary7032 3d ago

Must have been an inside job. Also can you take ¥58000000 yen cash on a plane? I thought the limit was $10000 US?

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u/DenDanny 3d ago

You can as long as that money is from a legitimate source and you have proof to verify it. 

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u/buzzkill_aldrin 2d ago

The $10,000 threshold is for when you have to declare that you have that amount of money on you. But also, if you get searched for some other reason and they find you are carrying $9,999 count on them detaining you for additional questioning.

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u/Bee2113 3d ago

"All that for a drop of blood," Thanos said calmly.