He evaded police and cameras for nearly a decade but time always has a way of catching up with us.
Higashiosaka is relatively small suburb on the eastern side of Osaka city.
Just the occasional 59-year-old spider man, serial arsonist craving curry, or 74-year-old ninja that every community has to deal with every once in a while.
Police raided the hideout and arrested 74-year-old Mitsuaki Tanigawa of Chuo Ward, Osaka.
Readers of the news were stunned by the appearance of a real ninja…and a 74-year-old one at that.