The 24-carat teacup was part of a series of items shown for sale at a store event in Tokyo. Security camera footage showed a man putting the cup in his bag and then running away.
The exhibition will continue but Takashimaya will strengthen security around it. This is a new incident for the chain after a fiasco in December concerning Christmas cakes, which excited social networks. and sagged once taken out of the packaging. The company has offered a public and solemn mea culpa during a press conference broadcast on television by Kazuhisa Yokoyama, one of his senior officials. and a spokesperson for the department store chain to which the item belongs. The incident is being investigated by the Tokyo Police Department and the Tokyo Toyoda Gosei Police Station, which is investigating the theft of the 24- carat gold Teacup. It was kept in an unlocked transparent box at that time so that it could easily be taken out and closely examined by customers, the spokesperson said.