Yomiuri Giants Manager Shinnosuke Abe Arrested for Assaulting Daughter

Central News Agency, Tokyo, May 25. Japanese police said today that Shinnosuke Abe, manager of the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball, was arrested in flagrante delicto by the Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly assaulting his 18-year-old daughter. Abe has admitted to the charges, stating that he lost his temper and struck her after she talked back while he was trying to stop her from arguing with her sisters. According to Japanese media, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested the 47-year-old Abe today on suspicion of assault. A child consultation center received a call from Abe's 18-year-old daughter tonight saying she had been "beaten by her father," and subsequently notified the police. Police pointed out that Abe is suspected of beating his daughter and choking her at their home in Tokyo. It is unprecedented for a sitting professional baseball manager to be arrested in flagrante delicto during the season, shocking the Japanese baseball world. During the investigation, Abe admitted to the crime, saying that his daughter was arguing with her sisters, and when he tried to stop them and asked them to be quiet, she talked back, causing him to lose his temper and strike her. Police are currently investigating the details of the incident. The NPB is set to begin interleague play tomorrow, with the Giants scheduled to face the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks at the Tokyo Dome.