Police in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a 26-year-old female bar employee by slapping her face.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 2:35 a.m. on Saturday, NHK reported. Police said Yoshihide Fukamachi, an employee of the national government’s labor bureau, is accused of slapping the woman on the cheek multiple times.
Fukamachi visited the bar with an acquaintance around midnight, and when the employee showed him the bill for 42,000 yen, he became angry, saying it was too high.
The manager called 110. Police said Fukamachi has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying, "There's no way I would hit a woman."
The woman was not injured, police said.
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BigP
Regardless of whether there was an assault or not.
Many Japanese bars are a complete ripoff. If there are bar girls, then walk away before you lose a lot of money.
Geeter Mckluskie
Not condoning a slap in the face. That is most certainly assault and the guy should be charged. However, in a nation of 125 million, that a slap in the face in a bar makes the news is telling as to how little crime there is here.
Yubaru
Damn, little over 2 .5 hours for ￥42,000, high priced establishment no doubt.
Dude can kiss his job goodbye!
Yubaru
You forget, this is JT
David Brent
Hopefully they have CCTV in the bar. We all know Fukamachi's type; throw the book at him.
diagonalslip
was that the bill for the two of them I wonder. depends what they drank anyway, but if two people, it certainly doesn't seem 'high', as these things go. and no higher than Disney-parks and Hary Potter World and all that, concerts of famous popstars, sports events.... I'm always amazed at how much people are willing to fork out to be 'entertained'.
in any case, I hope the slapper gets his just deserts.....
stormcrow
He was probably quite drunk and touched her improperly too many times. The more you touch, the more you pay.
Negative Nancy
I don't understand the appeal of expensive bars at all. I think they're dying out though, because younger people are not bothering with them as much as the showa era people did. If speaking to girls is your thing, then there are much cheaper options with more -ahem- intimacy, that will be a fraction of that ridiculous price.
Nontheless, never hit people. Its a simple thing that pre-school children can understand.
Jind
There are bars that overcharge for drinks, and I usually ask the bartender what the price is before ordering drinks in a foreign place.
I made a big mistake in Argentina as I walking along the street and took a peek into a strip bar. A huge mistake.
They asked me to come over. Without ordering they brought a coke, and I was flanked by two girls and a bossy man. They would not let me leave and kept demanding enormous amounts for the coke drink.
I stood up and looked into my pockets and to my and their surprise, they were all empty and no money!
At that point they let me go. While on the street, I thought I got pickpocketed.
I looked everywhere and lord behold, I found the money in my socks!
This was many years ago and to this day I have not been able to figure out when I put the money in my socks. No, I am not a big drinker and was not drunk.
Just be careful and street smart.
geronimo2006
A few deep bows and a small brown envelope will no doubt sort out this misunderstanding. Funny that he is from the labor office.
kurisupisu
Many rents in entertainment districts are hundreds of thousands of yen for pokey hovels.
@ BigP
Fukamachi was an old dude and knew full well (being Japanese) that entertaining costs money -no excuses!