A suspect in his 20s was arrested for illegally reselling tickets for Kabuki and other events on the Internet for twice the price.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that more than 200 tickets such as theaters have been illegally resold so far.
Suspect Sumika Nobuoka (28), unemployed in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was arrested.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, a total of four tickets, including one for the succession performance of Danjuro Ichikawa XIII held at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo last year, were illegally resold for 160,000 yen, about twice the list price. , is suspected of violating the Act against Unauthorized Resale of Tickets.
It is believed that the suspect repeatedly resold the tickets on the Internet after purchasing the tickets using the members-only pre-sale, which allows priority purchase of tickets.
In response to the investigation, she admitted to the charges and stated that she used the money to buy Kabuki and stage performances that she wanted to see.
Since September 2019, the Metropolitan Police Department has illegally resold more than 200 kabuki and theater tickets, and is investigating in detail that they have earned a profit of about 8 million yen.