Regarding an Incident Involving Unwanted Verbal Approaches

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• Updated date: 12:12 October 8, 2026
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• Contents: We would like to share the contents of the “Email from the Police” sent by the Shibuya Police Station.
  
  On Thursday, October 8, 2026, at around 7:30 a.m., a male elementary school student was approached by a man while walking to school on the street at 4-2 Minami-Azabu, Minato Ward.
  ■ Details of the Approach
  • “You go to ●● School, don’t you?”
  • “Did you know the stock price has dropped below 70,000 yen?”
  
  ■Suspect’s Description
  ・A man of unknown age, approximately 170 centimeters tall, with black hair reaching his chest, carrying a light brown paper bag
  
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  ・Please instruct your children that if they feel even the slightest bit “scared,” they should immediately run away while shouting for help or sounding a personal alarm.
  
  In addition, we will be stepping up patrols by blue crime prevention patrol vehicles in the area and during the time the incident occurred.
  
  / Inquiries: 03 (3578) 2273