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The Japan Golf Range Association says it has seen 10% to 20% more players turning up to work on their swings from a year earlier at facilities in a number of regions. | KYODO
Kyodo Mar 2, 2021
Nagoya – Golf has surged in its popularity in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic as a sport that can be enjoyed outdoors, avoiding the “three Cs” of confined spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings that people are advised to avoid to reduce the risk of infection.
Ex-Alpen chairman not prosecuted after alleged sexual assault of woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 24, 2021
Over a 45-minute period on the afternoon on November 29, Taizo Mizuno, then the Alpen chairman, allegedly jumped atop the woman, 42, and choked her inside a room in the hotel in Naka Ward.
Mizuno, 72, also allegedly fondled her body and stole the woman’s driver’s license and 100,000 yen in cash. The woman suffered injuries that required three weeks to heal, police said previously.
“We got into a scuffle during an argument,” Mizuno said upon his arrest on February 10 in denying the allegations. “But I didn’t assault her, and I didn’t do anything obscene. I also didn’t steal any money.”