¥10 Million Pure Gold Chawan Bowl Missing from Nihombashi Takashimaya; Police Search for Man Caught on Camera Taking Bowl

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Nihombashi Takashimaya Shopping Center

A shop clerk noticed that a pure gold chawan bowl worth ¥10 million was missing from Nihombashi Takashimaya Shopping Center in Tokyo and called police at around noon Thursday, according to the police.

A surveillance camera caught a man taking the bowl and the Metropolitan Police Department is looking for him on suspicion of theft.