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Uber Eats deliveryman has ‘no memory’ of hit-and-run crash in Yokosuka
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 18, 2021
KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a deliveryman for online food service Uber Eats over a hit-and-run incident in Yokosuka City last month that seriously injured an elderly woman, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 17).
On January 4, Ryo Kato, 32, allegedly struck the woman, 86, with his motorbike at a crossing for a city road near Yokosuka-Chuo Station. He then fled the scene.
The woman suffered a broken left foot that is expected to require three months to heal, police said.
An Uber Eats deliveryman seriously injured an elderly woman in Yokosuka City last month (Twitter)
NHK staff member accused of assaulting taxi driver in Shinjuku
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 16, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a staff member at public broadcaster NHK over the alleged assault of a taxi driver in Shinjuku Ward on Monday, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 15).
At around 2:20 a.m., Ryosuke Sayamoto, 32, allegedly punched the driver in the face and kicked him in the leg on a road in the Yaraicho area.
The driver suffered light injuries to a leg, the Ushigome Police Station said.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of inflicting bodily injury, Sayamoto denied the allegations. “Since I was drunk, I do not recall [the matter],”
Fuji TV staffer not prosecuted over alleged molestation of woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 10, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a male staff member of Fuji Television Network, Inc. over the alleged molestation of a woman in Minato Ward last year, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 10).
Early on September 2, 2020, Yohei Hayashi, 35, used a bicycle to approach the woman, aged in her 20s, as she walked on a road in Nishi Azabu. He then allegedly fondled her chest.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating metropolitan public nuisance ordinance on November 11, Hayashi denied the allegations, the Azabu Police Station said previously.
Aichi: Man, 75, left corpse of wife in car
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 7, 2021
AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 75-year-old man after the discovery of the corpse of his wife inside his vehicle in Ichinomiya City, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 7).
On Saturday morning, Toshinobu Hino allegedly moved the body of his wife, 72-year-old Hideko, to the back seat of his vehicle parked in front of the residence.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of abandoning a corpse, Hino admitted to the allegations. He also hinted at killing his wife, police said.
A man moved the corpse of his wife from his residence to his vehicle in Ichinomiya City on Saturday (Twitter)