Key Facts
• August 5, 2025: Seminar held at Manseibashi Police Station, Tokyo.
• 20 store managers from Akihabara attended the session.
• Focus: Preventing shoplifting of high-value items like trading cards and figurines.
• Speaker: Hajime Omi, NPO ‘National Shoplifting Crime Prevention Organization’ director.
• Recommendations: Eliminate blind spots, use surveillance cameras, display security stickers.
• Police Chief Noriyoshi Toyota urged reporting all shoplifting incidents, regardless of value.
Summary
On August 5, 2025, Tokyo’s Manseibashi Police Station hosted a seminar for 20 store managers from Akihabara, a hub for trading cards and figurines. The session, led by Hajime Omi of the National Shoplifting Crime Prevention Organization, emphasized strategies to deter shoplifting, including removing blind spots, installing surveillance cameras, and using security stickers. Police Chief Noriyoshi Toyota highlighted the rising shoplifting cases and encouraged reporting all incidents, even minor ones, to combat the growing issue effectively.
