Japan bank robbed after tsunami

Police say the earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms, and left a safe wide open. That allowed someone to walk off with 40 million yen (US$500,000).

Police say the earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms, and left a safe wide open. That allowed someone to walk off with 40 million yen (US$500,000).

Police said the Shinkin Bank in the destroyed city of Kesennuma notified them on Tuesday about the missing money.

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The tsunami washed over the bank, like much else in Kesennuma, on March 11, and police say between the wave's power and the ensuing power outages, the safe came open.