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Homeless Woman Caught Living In Man's Closet In Japan
Associated Press Writer ^ | Friday, 30 May 2008 | By MARI YAMAGUCHI

Posted on 05/30/2008 6:43:42 AM PDT by restornu

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO -- A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top compartment of the man's closet and arrested her for trespassing, police spokesman Hiroki Itakura from southern Kasuya town said Friday.

The resident of the home installed security cameras that transmitted images to his mobile phone after becoming puzzled by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.

One of the cameras captured someone moving inside his home Thursday after he had left, and he called police believing it was a burglar. However, when they arrived they found the door locked and all windows closed.

"We searched the house ... checking everywhere someone could possibly hide," Itakura said. "When we slid open the shelf closet, there she was, nervously curled up on her side."

The woman told police she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man's house about a year ago when he left it unlocked.

She had moved a mattress into the small closet space and even took showers, Itakura said, calling the woman "neat and clean."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: chat; homless
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1 posted on 05/30/2008 6:43:43 AM PDT by restornu
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To: restornu

Yeah, well at least that’s the story he told his wife.


2 posted on 05/30/2008 6:45:48 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: restornu

They have homeless women in Japan? I thought that Japan was the ultimate welfare state.


3 posted on 05/30/2008 6:46:45 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Obadiah

I would have used a different story.


4 posted on 05/30/2008 6:47:11 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: Obadiah

I suspect this is just what he told the authorities in order to avoid being arrested for false imprisonment.

I don’t believe for a minute that she could live there undetected for a year.


5 posted on 05/30/2008 6:48:06 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: restornu

Sounds like the perfect tenant.


6 posted on 05/30/2008 6:48:20 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: restornu
I'm an anime fan, so this story reminded me of this:


7 posted on 05/30/2008 6:48:24 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: Brilliant

She owes him a lot of back rent and board!.............


8 posted on 05/30/2008 6:50:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
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To: restornu

Then there was this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022412/posts


9 posted on 05/30/2008 6:52:40 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
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To: Eurale

So, she’s come out of the crozet?


10 posted on 05/30/2008 6:55:39 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: restornu

I think she should be allowed to stay at his house. Maybe she can do some jobs that his family won’t do. All she is looking for is to work and he has no right to turn her away. Sound familiar?


11 posted on 05/30/2008 6:56:27 AM PDT by carjic (McCain is worse than "Broken Glass"!!!)
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To: restornu

I wonder if I could ask her for Tom Cruise’s autograph.


12 posted on 05/30/2008 6:57:06 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: Puppage

LOL.


13 posted on 05/30/2008 7:00:48 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: Brilliant
Japan is NOT a welfare state. Believe me, I lived there for 14 years and know a little about it.

Even their socialized medicine is less socialized than ours-- the government is the insurer of last resort and has to compete with plans offered by various company groups.

Homelessness is not so different than the United States, mostly related to substance abuse, some to an inability to fit into a highly conformist society.

Most homeless prefer the cities, of course, because there are miles of subway corridors offering protection from the elements. You get the occasional aggressive jerk, but most of them are passive and well-behaved. They roll up their bedrolls during the day and put them out of the way of traffic. Some can be seen reading discarded newspapers. Others get casual jobs as day laborers. Occasionally, there are even newspaper stories about one which invests well and leaves a small fortune. Most are neat and clean, especially compared with their American counterparts. Were it not for their bedrolls in the subways, it would be hard to distinguish many from your average construction worker or day laborer.

14 posted on 05/30/2008 7:01:50 AM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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To: restornu

Considering it’s Tokyo, she probably thought the closet WAS an apartment.

}:-)4


15 posted on 05/30/2008 7:08:24 AM PDT by Moose4 (http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Sounds like paradise.


16 posted on 05/30/2008 7:09:49 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: restornu

Reminds me of Larry the Cable GUy’s joke:
“Ah was livin’ with a woman for six months......
then she found out ah was there.......”


17 posted on 05/30/2008 7:10:00 AM PDT by supremedoctrine ("Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn" --Delmore Schwartz)
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To: restornu

Least she could’ve done was iron the clothes....oh wait...that’s a ‘sexist’ comment. pardon me... Must not refer to ‘victims’ with hate speech in this un-Brave New World Disorder.


18 posted on 05/30/2008 7:14:18 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: restornu

No doubt about it. Has to be Obama’s uncle’s missing wife!


19 posted on 05/30/2008 7:21:43 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: LIConFem
I wonder if I could ask her for Tom Cruise’s autograph.

That's Tom Cluise to you, pronounced "clues", as in Tom hasn't got one. ;)
20 posted on 05/30/2008 7:29:19 AM PDT by mkjessup (Romania had the Ceausescus, America has the Clintons.)
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