{"id":180826,"date":"2026-11-06T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180826&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T01:54:06","slug":"two-tons-of-kiwifruit-stolen-from-yame-farm","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/two-tons-of-kiwifruit-stolen-from-yame-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Two tons of kiwifruit stolen from Yame farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating the theft of approximately two tons of kiwifruit from a field in Yame\u2019s Kurogi district, TNC reports. The stolen crop is valued at about 800,000 yen. Investigators believe it disappeared between mid-September and Oct. 31. The grower reported the loss on Oct. 31, and the mountainous site has no security cameras. Police are considering the possibility that the fruit was taken for resale. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1146366\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/item\/1556898\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nishinippon Shimbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_kiwi-unsplash_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"About 27,000 Kiwi Fruits Stolen from Itoshima Farm\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_kiwi-unsplash_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_kiwi-unsplash_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_kiwi-unsplash_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_kiwi-unsplash_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Photo by Utsman Media on Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating the theft of approximately two tons of kiwifruit from a field in Yame\u2019s Kurogi district, TNC reports. The stolen crop is valued at about 800,000 yen. Investigators believe it disappeared&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":166245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180826","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-yame","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}