TOKYO, Nov 27, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Japanese police said Wednesday that they
arrested a man who reportedly admitted to breaking into more than 1,000 homes
in an unconventional way of relieving stress.

Police took the 37-year-old into custody on Monday on suspicion of
trespassing on a property in Dazaifu in southern Japan, a police spokesman
told AFP.

"Breaking into other people's homes is a hobby of mine, and I have done it
more than 1,000 times," the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper quoted the unnamed man
as saying.

"I get so thrilled that my palms sweat when wondering if someone will
discover me or not, and it relieves some stress," he told police, according
to the newspaper.