Pokémon TCG Store Owner Puts Out $6,000 Reward For Card Thief’s Capture, But Only If They’re Apprehended ‘Alive’ And ‘Breathing’

As spotted by Automaton, the Kaitorip Game shop owner in Gifu Prefecture’s Seki put out the bounty following a July 23 post on X. “Around 3:20 AM on July 22, 2026, Kaitorip was burglarized,” reads the initial post (machine translated from Japanese). We are working urgently to resume operations and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to those who had planned to visit.” Sounds like the type of condition that some TCG sellers on eBay would refer to as “lightly played.” As of now, Kaitorip Game has yet to capture the thief, but I’d be extremely interested to find out if their mugshot would lead to them getting turned away from Pokémon stores in Japan once the facial recognition checks go into effect later this month.