Event

300 million yen robbery

10 Dec 1968 · 35.69° N, 139.47° E

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When
10 Dec 1968
Kind
Event
Coordinates
35.69° N, 139.47° E
Description
Japan's biggest heist, the never-solved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo.

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300 million yen robbery

1968 bank robbery in Japan

The 300 million yen robbery , 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. It is the single largest heist in Japanese history to date, and remains unsolved.

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