Man arrested for dragging girlfriend with car in Saitama

Friday 25th July, 10:16 AM JST

SAITAMA —

Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old man for dragging his 26-year-old girlfriend whose hand was stuck in his car window in Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture. The woman suffered broken ribs and liver damage, police said.

Junji Fujii, 26, was charged with assaulting his girlfriend around 6:15 a.m. at a car park. According to police, Fujii grabbed the woman’s mobile phone after accusing her of cheating on him. He got back into his car and started to drive off. When the woman put her hand into the car to try and retrieve her phone, Fujii rolled up the window. He accelerated with the woman’s hand stuck in the window, dragging her along for a short distance before he stopped.

Fujii was quoted by police as saying, “I didn’t intend to harm her. I thought she would let go once the car started to move.”

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mindovermatter at 01:31 PM JST - 25th July

Fujii was quoted by police as saying, “I didn’t intend to harm her. I thought she would let go once the car started to move."

Women in Japan tend to actually have some amount of common sense, which is quite different from JN guys...

Where you would expect some idiot like this guy, had his hand been inside of a moving car to just keep saying..."But you can't do that..." until he was dragged a kilometer of two.....
thepro at 02:56 PM JST - 25th July

Saitama, the Florida of Japan
smithinjapan at 02:56 PM JST - 25th July

"I...I... I thought she would just let go!"

Let go of what, nimrod? The air she was grasping at with the hand pinned between the window and it's frame? It's not like she was clinging to the glass... wow!

Well, it's no stabbing, but thus continues the trend of senseless daily violence in this country.
dennis0bauer at 03:07 PM JST - 25th July

This girl was willing to risk her life for something as meaningless as a cell phone

Marvenp after living here so long you should know that the most important thing for a Jgirl is her keitai (and maybe her LVbag)

i hope he gets a long sentence
noborito at 03:08 PM JST - 25th July

sad that there is the need for a "secret mode" seeing people should be faithful. As for the girl, several posts are correct. who in their right mind would keep their fingers in a window when someone is rolling it up. two idiots.
USARonin at 04:38 PM JST - 25th July

"She cheated on him."

Nasty things can happen when one human bean messes around with the emotions of another.

Debbie
GW at 05:57 PM JST - 25th July

I guess the guy she was cheating with must be something else if she wants to keep her phone(with his #`s in it) that badly
pizzaboy at 07:09 PM JST - 25th July

like usaronin said, the woman was cheating on him, he saw red, was in shock etc. I live in Saitama (over 4 years), love the place, I go for regular bike rides around saitama and sometimes down to tokyo, and have NEVER witnessed any crime (except for those hot-rods on their motorbikes who speed through red light, whom I've chased down and confronted), although I've def'y seen my share of nutbags and bad drivers, and even WORSE BIKE-RIDERS. Everytime I go riding it's like a death-trap. VERY defensive riding even though I pick up some high speed and ride a lot of the major roads. I see a lot of cops with their chests held high while standing outside their Kobans, but rarely see any action being taken towards all the driving offenses. I was surprised however to see a seatbelt trap once around a corner in Kuki, they busted a woman with her mother (ba-chan) holding their baby in her arms in the front seat (no seatbelts either, hahaha).
Zen_Builder at 07:16 PM JST - 25th July

pizzaboy.

You don't want to hit by a "plan-quadrant" in my home-country.

They block all the roads of in a certain area except for a few roads, everybody gets stopped and interviewed.

If your car or bike seems to be supped up they got a grey truck on standby with a dyno in it. They just drive your car, bike in and test it.

In short there is no escaping them.

Everybody hates those.
Yuki_51 at 07:41 PM JST - 25th July

For memyselfl:

It's obvious that you are ignorant about Japanese traffic laws. Let me (try to) enlighten you.

The LEGAL SPEED LIMIT (means the legal speed limit on ANY unmarked road) is 60 KPH. So "speeding" wasn't "speeding" on a narrow, (unmarked) road. I don't care where it is. Unless the speed is marked otherwise by sign, the legal limit for motor vehicles other than mopeds is 60 KPH. Pure and simple, and widely known. (Not that 60 KPH will set any land speed records of course.)

Now be a good gaijin and go to driving school so that you know what you are writing/talking about.
pizzaboy at 08:12 PM JST - 25th July

smithinjapan:

Well, it's no stabbing, but thus continues the trend of senseless daily violence in this country

this is pathetic, when do you ever give it a rest? constantly trying to make Japan look bad. Why don't you end it with "the world" or add Canada as well, since that's where you're from. A LOT worse things happen over there.
electric2004 at 09:47 PM JST - 25th July

Yuki 51: Yes, as far as I can understand, the speed limit in the cases you mentioned is 60km/h. I did read the English Version of the Japanese Rules of the Road, which I bought from JAF. In reality this translates to 50...80 km/h real speed depending on traffic conditions, location of speed traps and cameras, one or 2 lanes, and so on. This is what I notice in daily life in Ibaraki.

Compared, to where I am coming from, I can drive much more relaxed here in Japan.

From Zen_Builders explanation, I expect he comes from Germany. There police is much stricter and enforces the rules. Anyhow, both countries, Japan and Germany have a system, where drivers can collect "bad points" for bad behavior. So far I have zero points in both countries, so it seems following the rules is not so difficult.
sensei258 at 10:57 AM JST - 26th July

Another case of a young woman who made the right choice by ditching a guy. When she grabbed her phone, I am sure she didn't expect him to roll up the window and drag her down the street. Lesson learned, could have turned out much worse.
isthistheend at 05:51 PM JST - 26th July

Saitama, a wonderful place to live? I have a funny story about that place, or at least it was funny when I told it. I was catering at a party for Japanese VIP'S in Chicago a few years ago, when the Chicago Japanese consulate and his VIP friend from Jetro showed up, with the party being hosted by a big trading firm. As I was demonstrating the food making as part of the show, the consulate said very arrogantly, ""Why are you using the a-style ingredents of menu making. My mother only uses the b-style of ingredients when making that dish." I explained that traditionally in the country side, the b-style of ingredients are used, but in Tokyo they utilize the a-style of ingredients. "But I'm from Saitama Pref." he protested proudly. (All conversation going on in Japanese). I replied without missing a beat "That's REALLY Inaka". He became so upset that both he and his co-horts refused to talk to me the rest of the night. And when we say Saitama, let's differentiate between Kawaguchi and all the rest of it.
norinrad21 at 12:00 PM JST - 29th July

Go Go GO Saitama,

how many nutcases have a base in this place anyway