Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his wife.
According to police, the incident occurred at the couple’s home at around 12 noon on Saturday. Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported the man, who is a company employee, is accused of punching his wife in the face after an argument.
The woman called 110. Police said she was not seriously injured.
Police said that when they arrived at the home, the man was intoxicated. His wife, who is in her 40s. told police he had been drinking all morning.
© Japan Today
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nosuke
Blame it on the booze. They should make all alcohol illegal to have or consume.
that will solve a lot of issues
Marc Lowe
Don't blame it on the booze. Blame it on his fists. This, like most of the fluff here, is hardly newsworthy.
garypen
I'm shocked that such a fine upstanding member of society would physically assault his wife.
餓死鬼
He should have sobered up enough by now to tell the police he has no recollection of yesterday noon.
Logical_Fallacy_Killer
What did she say to set jim off?
Stephen Chin
Why? All over the world men are beating their wives?
Why? When a child I remember my father coming upstairs with a broomstick to beat my mother. My mother who had given him eight children! Why?
Men who beat their wives should be sentenced to long prison terms and beaten daily the way they have beaten their wives.
buchailldana
How long was he drinking if he was arrested at noon.
What a loser.
starpunk
Blame it on his ego and lack of maturity. He's a lowlife.
602miko
That's the spirit of alcohol. Toxic
Chico3
Here we go again. "I was drunk and I didn't remember." Everytime I hear that one.
sir_bentley28
I've been playing video games since like 1987 or so! I played some of the most gruesome-est and violent-est games out there (Splatterhouse, Gears of War, God of war, MK (all) Hitman series and many others) but you never see me going out in public and committing a heinous crime and saying "I've been playing games all day!" The alcohol didn't put itself in his hand!
girl_in_tokyo
leo TJune 26 11:47 am JST
Yes, she had the temerity to ask him to stop drinking. Or she had the gall to ask him to stop yelling at her. Or maybe she self-righteously pointed out that he was not treating her with respect.
That will give any wife beater the excuse he needs to use his fists.
Well, when you think about it, abusers don't even need an excuse, do they - beating women up is just how they roll.
TaiwanIsNotChina
This was actually the argument behind prohibition. Thankfully that was reversed real fast.
TaiwanIsNotChina
How is this national news?