Police in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, have arrested a junior high school teacher on suspicion of assault after he punched a customer at a hostess bar.
According to police, the incident occurred early on the morning of Nov 7, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said Akira Kobayashi, 31, who lives in Nagano City, and the victim, also 31, were not acquaintances but had been drinking together at the hostess bar when the assault occurred.
Police said the victim suffered a fracture cheek bone.
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MarkX
Come on people, we know why this story is being reported! Because he is a junior high teacher and it took place in a hostess bar! Heaven forbid the man might get out and enjoy himself, but no, he is a teacher, he should be at home preparing lessons and thinking about his students! That is the idiocy of many people's thinking when regarding school teachers in this country!
Michael Machida
A man got in a fight with a man in a bar in Japan and this news is way too terrible to imagine as the fight took place in a bar with another man who was in the same bar. Newsworthy?
Strangerland
Isn't it great? In other nations, there would be too much murder nationwide to have room for stories like this in the national news.
Kumagaijin
If the man was unemployed would it have made the news? Garbage man? Company employee of Fuji Heavy Industries?
I think we can assume that school teacher, police officer, firefighter, doctor, and other public service employees are forbidden from entering a hostess bar and heaven forbid they get into a scuffle.
Chico3
True, but this is Japan. That society is still in the dark ages. You might want to add priests, kindergarten teachers, and any nursery staff to that list too. Just remember that when the uniforms and job titles are off, we're human like everyone else.
Eastman
in my country we call these kind of "news" as "pickles season news".
all you guess why...
Harry_Gatto
Your knowledge of hostess bars surpasses mine but the fight could have been over one of many things.
Jessie Lee
What would Rodney Dangerfield say.....I went to hostess bar and a hockey game broke out!
Badabing....here all week, try the veal
Spidey
Ahh... tis the season of Bonenkai.
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WA4TKG
WhaaaH..good one Vern
Mocheake
Probably fighting over who was first in line to drop all of their money on women who have absolutely no interest in them.
Sanjinosebleed
They both wanted the only hostess under 50 ;)
WilliB
BigYen
It would would never make the news in any other large industrialized nation. It only feeds the misconception by some here that Japan is somehow "dangerous".
Martimurano
Spare a thought for the guy with the fractured cheekbone - I hope the attacker gets some serious jail-time for the viciousness of the assault, and learns to keep his fists to himself....
Any argument or dispute should be settled either by discussion or walking away.
starpunk
So this is how a teacher settles his issues. Maybe he should be sent back to junior high school himself! Brawling like a 7th grader. Damn!