Man arrested for scamming confectionery shop by lying about finding hair in cake

Unfortunately, committing this sort of crime in overly omotenashi customer service oriented Japan is a piece of cake, really. It saddens me that a scam like this, typically found in Brooklyn or Long Island, would make its way to lovely Japan. While Japanese cake is clearly the cream of the crop and the best in the world, its patissiers need to be wary of ill willed customers such as Iwata from the Aso region. It's a shame, really, Kumamoto was a lovely place and the few people I met when I gigged there were lovely people, as well.

This crime makes me exceedingly angry!

I once found a piece of metal from a wire brush in my bento from a store in Shinjuku.

They were very eager to meet me and pay me about 30,000 yen compensation but they were adamant that I not go to the press or the government about it.

Marc LoweToday  01:38 pm JST

Unfortunately, committing this sort of crime in overly omotenashi customer service oriented Japan is a piece of cake, really. It saddens me that a scam like this, typically found in Brooklyn or Long Island, would make its way to lovely Japan.

It would be the same anywhere else in the world with modern food standards and regulations and it has nothing to do with 'omotenashi'.

> While Japanese cake is clearly the cream of the crop and the best in the world, its patissiers need to be wary of ill willed customers such as Iwata from the

Yeah, there are very good cakes in Japan, but 'the cream of the crop', meh, it's subjective; there are equally good cakes in France and anywhere else for that matter if you know where to go.

Genius, how many shops he scammed? Let's say 10, that's 50,000 yen. For that, now he has arrest history, his name all over the news, and basically unemployable

Mr KiplingToday 02:43 pm JST

This crime makes me exceedingly angry!

This is a very good joke that people from the UK would understand.

5,000 yen......I guess he needed the cash that bad. After living in Japan 27 years. Japanese in the 30 year old range that do this. It must be such a small percentage. Arresting the guy is a bit over the top. Just give him a warning. Most 30 year old Japanese people are honorable. But if he does it again. Well.......

mallaceToday  04:03 pm JST

Marc LoweToday  01:38 pm JST

Unfortunately, committing this sort of crime in overly omotenashi customer service oriented Japan is a piece of cake, really. It saddens me that a scam like this, typically found in Brooklyn or Long Island, would make its way to lovely Japan.

It would be the same anywhere else in the world with modern food standards and regulations and it has nothing to do with 'omotenashi'.

Yes, I've made complaints about food in various countires and been apologised to and compensated.

It's a law, after all, and not an option for retailers, etc.

"Police said they have received similar reports from other cake and pastry shops, mainly in Okazaki City"

It's not important but, but the implication is that this guy who lives in Kumamoto keeps targeting shops in Okazaki, Aichi?

Police in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of fraud after he scammed a Western confectionery shop out of 5,000 yen

Why are the police involved? Why was he arrested? Surely the confectionary can sue the scammer.

True meaning of a fruit cake@

And by the way..

A fake hair in cake on national headlines..

Proving again and again that Japan is one of the safest countries to live in the world..

In South East countries, it's common people complaining about the flies in their food but then they know without those flies, it's not a proper meal. So they fulfil their hunger.

What about the Rat parts in bread ? Did those who found them get compensated or arrested for reporting the situation ?