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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 276 new coronavirus infections in the capital on Monday. The daily tally dropped below 300 for the first time since December 7.
The Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters in Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Eiko Harada, the former chairman of McDonald s Holdings Co. (Japan), was arrested by Tokyo police on Feb. 6 on suspicion of spousal violence, investigative sources said.
Harada, who is 72 and also served as president of Apple Japan Inc. and chairman and president of Benesse Holdings Inc., denied the allegation, the sources said.
Harada was arrested after his wife, who is in her 50s, called the police to report that her husband attacked her, including kicking her in the leg, at their home in Tokyo on Jan. 5.
Ex-head of McDonald s, Apple units in Japan arrested for assault
Eiko Harada, who has served as the head of the Japanese subsidiaries of McDonald s Corp. and Apple Inc., has been arrested for alleged domestic violence, Tokyo police said Saturday.
Harada, 72, was arrested on Friday after his wife, who is in her 50s, called the police to say that she had been beaten by her husband, they said.
Harada is credited with reviving Apple s operations in Japan as the head of the computer firm s local subsidiary from 1997 to 2004 and successfully restructuring the Japanese business of McDonald s as its CEO between 2004 and 2013.