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Man arrested for assaulting wife during argument

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Police in Muroran, Hokkaido, have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his wife at their home on Wednesday night.

According to police, the suspect, who is a truck driver, has admitted to the charge, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. Police quoted him as saying he slapped his wife in the face several times after he got fed up with her during an argument.

Police said that the incident occurred at around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. The couple’s teenage daughter ran out of the house to a nearby koban (police box) and said that her father was beating her mother.

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Punishment in kind?

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 he slapped his wife in the face several times after he got fed up with her during an argument.

The couple’s teenage daughter ran out of the house to a nearby koban (police box) and said that her father was beating her mother.

Give this kid a MEDAL! Who knows how long she had witnessed this until she had a breaking point to do what her mother was probably too afraid to do for fear of the backlash! I commend her bravery! I feel proud for her because who knows, she could've saved her mothers life on that day!

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She could have also be inflicting emotional abuse on him. Probably, he's busy out working hard on the road and comes home to an argument all the time. Lots of unknowns here, and he did admit to hitting her, but would never say the wife has been attacking him mentally for years. Lots of this kind of abuse happens in Japan.

Just giving another plausible side to the argument.

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