Police in Tokyo have arrested a 62-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a JR Shibuya Station employee.
According to police, Shiro Hosoi, who works for NHK subsidiary NHK Global Media Services, punched the station employee in the face several times near the Hachiko ticket gate at around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Kyodo News reported.
Police said Hosoi was drunk at the time and had fallen asleep on the floor near the ticket gate. When the employee woke him, Hosoi became violent and punched the employee. He ran through the ticket gate and onto a platform but was apprehended by station staff before he could board a train.
NHK Global Media Services said Hosoi was the chief producer. The company released a statement in which it said, "We deeply regret that an employee was arrested. We will confirm the facts and take strict action.”
© Japan Today
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diagonalslip
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BigP
There goes your career and pension.
Dave Fair
BigPToday 07:26 am JST
Nah, he's upper management. He will submit his retirement papers and NHK will demote him one rank, that being the "strict action"
Mocheake
We deeply hope this fool regrets his actions. Even before he gets his day in court, we are going to fire him as quietly as possible.
shogun36
actions like what? hire goons to harass regular citizens into paying for NHK BS?
The whole NHK operation does this on a daily basis. Not always literally, but definitely figuratively as well.
Derek Grebe
Police said Hosoi was drunk at the time and had fallen asleep on the floor near the ticket gate.
And yet it's troublesome when non-Japanese have a conversation on the train after a hard day's work or when enjoying a once-in-a-lifetime holiday to these hallowed shores.
Don't forget - We Japanese have good manners, which you must understand if you want to visit from Gaijinland.
RINFO
reads like: another one fell out of "the playpen"
Martimurano
This violent imbecile needs teaching a lesson - first, the judge sends him down for a couple of years for grievous bodily harm, then the station employee sues the pants off him, claiming everything possible for having suffered such nasty and totally unjustifiable personal injuries.
At least this would serve to remind others of a similar disposition not to behave stupidly.