Man breaks into Kawasaki house, flees after finding resident at home

KAWASAKI — A man broke into a house in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday and then fled after being seen by the resident who was at home.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. Monday in Tama Ward. NTV reported that the intruder broke a window to gain entrance into the house.

However, the man who ives in the house heard the window being broken. He went to investigate and saw the intruder who immediately fled. The man then called 110.

Nothing was taken from the house and no one was hurt.

The intruder is described as having short black hair, and was wearing black clothing from head to toe.

The incident is the latest in a series of home break-ins in the Kanto area since August, many of which have been carried out by people recruited on mobile apps to do yami-baito (“dark” part-time jobs), police said.

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