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The mayor of Unnan City in Shimane Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a female nurse while he was in hospital.
Mayor Hitoshi Hara, 65, faces allegations of assault against a 28-year-old nurse at a hospital, Sankei Shimbun reported. According to police, the incident occurred at around 6:50 a.m. on Wednesday. Hara allegedly grabbed the woman by the ear and around the neck, causing her injury, in the corridor outside his room.
In November, Hara was re-elected unopposed. He was hospitalized on Dec 9 after falling ill at work and was later diagnosed with hypertension.
A spokesperson for the General Affairs Department of the Unnan City government said: “We are still gathering the facts upon hearing the news of [Mayor Hara’s] sudden arrest. We cannot release any comments at this time.”
© Japan Today
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GranKikou
I hope the nurse won’t lose her job... reminds me that poor politician woman outvoted to "save the image" of the city! Shameful
Akula
Double H Hiroshi Hara must have got his inspiration from Triple H.
sir_bentley28
WTH man? Seriously? That's an assault without a question! Watch him bow, apologize and all will be well. But if it were me? Jail time!
Samba
As a person from unnan I would like to dispell the misinformation in the article and the comments section.
He was not up for reelection unopposed as the article implies and as @reckless assumed. Actually he ran unopposed because the previous mayor retired when he found out that his own political party were pushing forth hara as his opponent. Hara had only been mayor for 12 days. All those who know hara know he is a nice guy who clearly had a mental breakdown from being pushed into the position and not being able to handle the sudden responsibility. Should he have hurt the nurse? Absolutely not. Could he have even stopped himself in his condition of hypertension during an important time of year while being criticised for two of his decisions? I don't think so. Wrong time, wrong person, wrong place.
In response to the comments: no the nurse was not fired. Don't post such misinformation.
Update: Hara resigned due to mental breakdown as the reason. Not surprising since not only was he not ready for the job he's become vilified nationwide.