Reports are emerging from Japan that a 27-year-old unemployed man has been arrested for threating to blow up Nintendo’s headquarters.
Kyoto police made the arrest today, May 12. The man was arrested on grounds of suspected obstruction of business. In envelopes sent to Nintendo, the man included messages such as “I’m going to blow you all up” and “My plans cannot be thwarted.” He additionally threatened that he’d “already planted multiple bombs”.
While the arrest was made yesterday, Nintendo made reports with the police on March 16. Officers did search the area, but did not find anything suspicious.
The man has admitted to the charges. A motive is not currently clear, but police are investigating. We’ll let you know if any further information emerges.
Previously, Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo was cancelled due to threats made against employees and participants. You can read more about that here. Later on, the suspect behind those threads was arrested.
