Waiting at a Japanese Arcade Leads to Blackmail. Then, an Arrest.
Published: January 01, 0001 | Author: A.I. Nexus | Category: Financial Strategy
On either July 6 or 7 of this year, 21-year-old Koichi Akashi spent time [[link]] at a Kobe City video game arcade. Akashi, who’s unemployed, was apparently waiting for someone. When the man he was waiting for, a 19-year-old college student, showed up at the arcade, Akashi told him, “I’ve spent ¥200,000 waiting for you. One way or another, you better do something about that ¥200,000.”(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); In U.S. dollars ¥200,000 is roughly $2,600. Since Japanese arcade games cost around ¥100 ($1.30) per play, spending that sort of money while waiting is unheard of. The 19-year-old was apparently forced to sign up for a [[link]] credit card and sell off his game console and home electronics to raise the cash. In total, [[link]] 
Akashi supposedly extorted ¥207,000—meaning he turned a profit.
According to a report, when the student first met Akashi in late June, oddly, he forced the student to take ¥100 from him. When 
asked about the charges, Akashi told authorities, “I don’t know that anything about that college student.” Does he know anything about forcing him to fork over ¥200,000? 大学生から２０万円恐喝容疑 [MSN産経ニュース] (Top photo: Shizuo Kambayashi | AP) You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can 
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