{"id":6463,"date":"2026-05-22T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=6463"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:00:40","slug":"man-in-japan-calls-in-bomb-threat-because-he-doesnt-want-to-go-to-his-own-work-farewell-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=6463","title":{"rendered":"Man in Japan calls in bomb threat because he doesn\u2019t want to go to his own work farewell party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-733642\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/11_40e5b5.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Whatever happened to just faking a stomach ache?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In March, a restaurant in<strong> Saga City<\/strong> received a phone call, and when an employee answered it, the voice on the other end of the call gruffly commanded <strong>\u201cGo check your entrance.\u201d<\/strong> When the staff did, they discovered a piece of paper with a chilling message written on it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have planted a bomb.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>On this same night, the restaurant had a reservation for a farewell party, in which a group of coworkers was celebrating a colleague who was leaving the organization<\/strong>. Obviously, the restaurant couldn\u2019t tell customers to come on in after receiving a bomb threat, so the party was cancelled, though thankfully no explosives were found, and the threat turned out to be a hoax.<\/p>\n<p>Since the party was supposed to be for <strong>a police officer in the Saga Prefectural Police<\/strong>, you might expect the culprit to be someone with a beef against the justice system. Maybe it was a teenage delinquent he\u2019d busted for shoplifting, or the loyal lieutenant of a yakuza boss serving time after the officer put him behind bars. <strong>Following an investigation into the matter, though, it was discovered that the bomb threat came from the police officer himself<\/strong>. Why? In his words:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to go to my farewell party.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The officer, a man in his 20s attached to the central division of the Saga Prefectural Police, was supposed to be leaving the force at the end of March, meaning he had less than a month to go until he\u2019d be free from all such after-work functions. Apparently one more after-work night with his coworkers was one too many for his tastes, though.<\/p>\n<p>His base motivation isn\u2019t so hard to understand. Work farewell parties can sometimes be unpleasant for the person who\u2019s being celebrated, since avoiding saying anything bad about the job everyone else at the party still has, and also not coming off as bragging about their new job, can make for tense, awkward conversations. Unfortunately for the officer, who has admitted to making the bomb threat, he\u2019s no doubt since had to have many much more awkward conversations since his actions came to light.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc\u00a0\u201cHow come you don\u2019t want to work with us anymore?\u201d is still an easier conversation than \u201cHow come you threatened to blow up a building?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-733646\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/21.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ploy even seems to have extended his time at his job, as instead of reaching the end of his duty period at the end of March, he was given a formal reprimand and resigned on April 30. His case has been referred to the public prosecutor on charges of forced obstruction of business and intimidation, though it\u2019s unclear whether or not his case will go to trial.<\/p>\n<p>So remember, whether you\u2019re dreading going to a work function or simply <a href=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2026\/05\/14\/man-tells-nintendo-hq-im-going-to-blow-you-all-the-hell-up-gets-arrested-by-kyoto-cops\/\">have a grudge against Nintendo<\/a>, a bomb threat is never the wise way to solve your problem.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2667591?display=1\">RKB Mainichi Hoso<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/bcfed0c0604fb8dbde9a0b74d301c3c343829eaa\">Yahoo! Japan News<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/goldennews\/archives\/52302894.html\">Golden Times<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Top image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pakutaso.com\/20170105027post-10175.html\">Pakutaso<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Insert image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pakutaso.com\/20170107027post-10176.html\">Pakutaso<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u25cf Want to hear about SoraNews24\u2019s latest articles as soon as they\u2019re published? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RocketNews24En\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketNews24En\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever happened to just faking a stomach ache? 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