74-year-old woman with dementia killed in hit-and-run Dec. 15, 2020 06:00 am JST Dec. 15, 2020 | 06:49 am JST TOKYO
A 74-year-old woman who suffered from dementia was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Tokyo, police said Monday.
Police said the woman, Teruko Shiozaki, had left a day service home by herself at around 5 p.m. Sunday but never returned to her own residence, Sankei Shimbun reported. Her body was found by the side of Ring Road No. 7 in Ota Ward at around 3 a.m. Monday.
Police believe Shiozaki wandered around for several hours before being hit from behind. She was declared dead at the scene, police said, adding her injuries were consistent with being struck by a car.
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Track star Sota Kawatsura accused of raping woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on December 10, 2020
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested track and field star Sota Kawatsura over the alleged rape of a woman in Ota Ward earlier this year, reports Fuji News Network (Dec. 10).
Early on April 22, Kawatsura, 31, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the woman, aged in her 20s, inside her residence.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of coerced intercourse on Wednesday, Kawatsura denied the allegations. “[The act] was not forced,” the suspect was quoted by the Kamata Police Station.
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Kawatsura met the woman while traveling in March. The night before the incident, he was drinking at the residence with two other acquaintances.