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Fire chief arrested for alleged assault

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The chief of the Shinjuku fire brigade, Nobuhito Masuko, 56, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a man, police said Friday.

According to a report on TV Asahi, the incident took place at around 6 p.m. on Oct 18 at an apartment belonging to a female acquaintance of Masuko. Police were quoted as saying that the woman was out when Masuko let himself in using a spare key.

Police said that inside the apartment, he saw a man with whom he was not acquainted and a confrontation ensued. Masuko allegedly punched the man in the face before fleeing the scene, TV Asahi reported.

A spokesperson for the Tokyo Fire Defense Agency said, "We are currently attempting to confirm the details, but the fact of the arrest is extremely regrettable."

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A spokesperson for the Tokyo Fire Defense Agency said, “We are currently attempting to confirm the details, but the fact of the arrest is extremely regrettable.”

Regrettable that one of your top do-nothings got busted punching out a "John" in his ho's apartment?

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Looks like the"Chief" got a hosing himself-or were Her fires too Hot for one fire company?!

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@ 100million n U won?

"Regrettable that one of your top do-nothings got busted punching out a "John" in his ho's apartment?"

break it down! right on point!

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Oh come on, it is just a love affair conflagration. Fire chief or not really has nothing to do with it. Fire chiefs are supposed to do their job, not to be angels.

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Should we be surprised?? Shinjuku is the out house of Tokyo, well if we do not include Kawaguchi over in Saitama, which is just another huge whore house, and these fat old corrupt bastards, living off of your JAPANESE taxes are going hog wild there in Kabukicho etc..but I am so happy this scum bag caught, I hope he does not get his big fat bonus, nor any kind of retirement benefits etc..because so many young fire fighters are actually putting their lives on the line, while this old fat slob is messing around trying to be a Japanese Don Juan thinking he is still 13 years old. IMNSHO.

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Sorry Willie, yes I thumbed you down, even though I like many of your comments but this fat old piece of lard, living from our taxes, should at least just be happy some poor country girl pays attention to him at the local kyabakura etc..just think, we have a few fires, or MANY MANY FIRES from say another HUGE EARTHQUAKE here in Tokyo and this stupid, corrupt chief of police is out hopping in and out of beds all over Shinjuku?? Sorry my derar WilliB, but I beg to differ and even thumb you down, nothing personal mind you.

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Why is this news? This happens all the time and I don't care what he does in his free time as long as when he's on the job, he's doing it properly. Arrest for assault indeed but in the news?? Slow news day.

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Sorry my dear Tmarie, you also get a thumb down from el buda today, why?? Because WE SHOULD CARE what PUBLIC officials living off our our PUBLIC TAXES do in their free time. Sorry, I called this old smelly goat the chief of police, but I guess he is some fire chief?? Same difference, he should be visiting locals schools, telling little kids how great it is to be a fire fighter, maybe volunteering to visit the victims of the Tohoku earthquake etc..NOT HAVING SEX WITH A YOUNG GIRL THAT COULD BE HIS GRAND DAUGHTER! It is just sick to even try to imagine a poor young girl having to kiss etc..a sick, little, fat, toupe wearing Japanese oyaji, who is supposed to be making sure all of the whore houses in Kabukicho are safe from fire hazards, and they are not! Just a few years ago, many poor guys and the prostitutes dies in a horrible fire there in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where this lazy no good for nothing chief of the fire department is supposed to be protecting, but they must be getting paid off by the whore house owners etc..bribes, so the Shinjuku fire department was turning a blind eye, maybe getting freebies on massages?? Sex?? etc..to allow the whore house operate 24/7 in the cesspool of Tokyo, Shinjuku.

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I am sure each man has a different story. This sounds like the story of the man who got punched.

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Why should we care? FREE time, their money. If he wants to have sex and pay for it, charge him but no need to make a big deal out of it because he's a fire chief. There are worse crimes going on (olympus for example) where the naming and shaming is kept quiet. Why??

Would also like to know where all the assumptions are coming from about hostesses, sex, prostitution as I don't see anything of the sort written.

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Olympus is a PRIVATE company, they can ruin their company etc..nobody cares, but public officials are PARASITES, I pay TAXES in Japan, etc..so I am mad as hell that this old fart oyaji fire chief is up to no good, Olympus, never bought their products and never will so Tmarie, it is a bit like comparing apples and oranges?? Tofu and yakiniku? IMSHO.

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Just curious but was he also married?

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Because WE SHOULD CARE what PUBLIC officials living off our our PUBLIC TAXES do in their free time.

Public officials? Then you should be worrying about roughly 10 to 15 percent of the entire society here who live off the taxes of the people.

A fire chief is just another guy who worked his way up the ladder and not an elected position.

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Public officials? Then you should be worrying about roughly 10 to 15 percent of the entire society here who live off the taxes of the people.

Who says Elbunda does not care about this?

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Did the other guy have a key also?

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Who says Elbunda does not care about this?

Never said she did, nor didn't. This is a minor and petty incident not worthy of news. People have a right, whether they are government employees or not, to some privacy. He is not an elected official, and we do not have enough facts or information other than he punched some guys lights out.

She wants to think he is guilty of something more and whether she uses question marks to make her points has found this guy guilty of everything from prostitution, to graft.

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Well said Yubaru!!

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