Gold Bars Increasingly Used in Scams in Japan
Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Gold bar scam losses amounted to 8.13 billion yen in Japan in the first half of 2026, already topping the 6.02 billion yen lost in all of last year, police data have shown. The National Police Agency estimates that two-thirds of the latest losses, or roughly 5.3 billion yen, stemmed from scams in which fraudsters impersonated police officers. Scammers tell vict...