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Japan: Thief returns 260,000-euro watch to Tokyo shop with letter of apology

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What is happening

What the sources report

A man appeared at a luxury watch shop in the Nakano area of Tokyo, posing as a customer, and left wearing an Audemars Piguet watch worth 46 million yen.[1]

The watch, valued at over 260,000 euros, had been stolen last week.[2]

On 1 November the shop received a parcel containing the watch and a handwritten letter of apology, according to Asahi Shimbun and other outlets citing anonymous sources close to the investigation.[2]

Investigators confirmed that it is the stolen watch, thanks to the serial number.[1]

According to Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo police are still searching for the man considered a suspect.[2]

Where they differ

The media do not differ on the basic facts.

  1. To Pontiki · Ιαπωνία: Έκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ και το επέστρεψε με… χειρόγραφη επιστολή συγγνώμηςJapan: He stole a watch worth 260,000 euros and returned it with a... handwritten letter of apology
  2. ERT News · Ιαπωνία: Επιστροφή κλεμμένου ρολογιού αξίας 260.000 ευρώ – Ο δράστης έγραψε επιστολή συγγνώμης και αναζητείταιJapan: Return of stolen watch worth 260,000 euros - Perpetrator wrote letter of apology and is being sought

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Who covers it

13 of 14 outlets rated · Content analysis by artificial intelligence, approved by an editor. The method

Outlet by outletEach circle is an outlet that covered the story, placed at its published political lean; the letters are its initials. 13 of the 14 outlets have a published lean.
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Which outlet each circle is
  • in.gr Centre-left
  • ERT News Centre
  • HuffPost Greece Centre
  • Newsit Centre
  • SKAI Centre
  • Simerini / Sigma Centre-right
  • Newsbeast Centre-right
  • Kathimerini Centre-right
  • Zougla Centre-right
  • Proto Thema Centre-right
  • Athens Voice Centre-right
  • CNN Greece Centre-right
  • Real News Centre-right
  • To Pontiki not rated
No published lean (1)

How each side headlined it

Each outlet's first headline, by its published political lean, in Greek as published, with a machine translation (Claude) under it. The method

Right 8
2 more headlines
Headlines from 1 outlet without a political rating
All articles by time (14)
TimeOutletHeadline
09:42in.grΜόνο στην Ιαπωνία αυτά: Κλάπηκε πολυτελές ελβετικό ρολόι και επιστράφηκε πίσω με επιστολή συγγνώμηςOnly in Japan: A luxury Swiss watch was stolen and returned with a letter of apology
09:44ERT NewsΙαπωνία: Επιστροφή κλεμμένου ρολογιού αξίας 260.000 ευρώ – Ο δράστης έγραψε επιστολή συγγνώμης και αναζητείταιJapan: Return of stolen watch worth 260,000 euros - Perpetrator wrote letter of apology and is being sought ANA-MPA
09:49Simerini / SigmaΙαπωνία: Επέστρεψε κλεμμένο ρολόι 260.000–Ο δράστης έγραψε επιστολή συγγνώμηςJapan: Stolen watch worth 260,000 returned - Perpetrator wrote letter of apology Text republished from ERT News
09:51NewsbeastΠολυτελές ελβετικό ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ εκλάπη την περασμένη εβδομάδα και επέστρεψε στο κατάστημα μαζί με μια επιστολή συγγνώμηςLuxury Swiss watch worth 260,000 euros was stolen last week and returned to the store with a letter of apology Text republished from ERT News
09:52KathimeriniΙαπωνία: Εκλεψαν ρολόι 260.000 ευρώ και το επέστρεψαν ζητώντας συγγνώμηJapan: They stole a watch worth 260,000 euros and returned it with an apology Text republished from in.gr
10:16ZouglaΈκλεψε πολυτελές ελβετικό ρολόι και το… επέστρεψεHe stole a luxury Swiss watch and... returned it Text republished from in.gr
10:24To PontikiΙαπωνία: Έκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ και το επέστρεψε με… χειρόγραφη επιστολή συγγνώμηςJapan: He stole a watch worth 260,000 euros and returned it with a... handwritten letter of apology
10:28Proto ThemaΈκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ από κατάστημα στο Τόκιο και το επέστρεψε με επιστολή συγγνώμηςHe stole a watch worth 260,000 euros from a shop in Tokyo and returned it with a letter of apology Text republished from in.gr
10:40Athens VoiceΙάπωνας έκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ και λίγες ημέρες μετά το επέστρεψε με επιστολή συγγνώμηςA Japanese man stole a watch worth 260,000 euros and a few days later returned it with a letter of apology
10:49HuffPost GreeceΤόκιο: Έκλεψε ρολόι 260.000 ευρώ από κατάστημα – Το επέστρεψε με επιστολή συγγνώμηςTokyo: He stole a 260,000-euro watch from a shop – He returned it with a letter of apology Text republished from in.gr
11:10CNN GreeceΙαπωνία: Έστειλε σε πακέτο πανάκριβο ρολόι που είχε κλέψει από κατάστημα - Η επιστολή συγγνώμηςJapan: Sent a very expensive watch it had stolen from a shop in a parcel - The letter of apology
11:38NewsitΤόκιο: Κλέφτης επέστρεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ μαζί με χειρόγραφη επιστολή συγγνώμηςTokyo: Thief returned a watch worth 260,000 euros along with a handwritten letter of apology
12:30Real NewsΈκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ από κατάστημα στο Τόκιο και το επέστρεψε με επιστολή συγγνώμηςHe stole a watch worth 260,000 euros from a shop in Tokyo and returned it with a letter of apology
13:11SKAIΤόκιο: Έκλεψε ρολόι αξίας 260.000 ευρώ - Το επέστρεψε ζητώντας συγγνώμηTokyo: Man stole watch worth 260,000 euros - Returned it and apologised

When each outlet covered it

First report 09:42, latest 13:11. Within the first hour: 9 of 14 outlets. Each column: 15 minutes.