KYOTO –
A 61-year-old unemployed man has been arrested after allegedly subjecting a quiet Kyoto neighborhood to years of relentless radio broadcasts and amplified guitar music, leaving close by residents with sleep issues and different well being issues.
Kazunori Yokoi is suspected of repeatedly creating extreme noise at his dwelling in Kyoto’s Nishikyo Ward between 2019 and July, inflicting accidents together with sleep issues amongst folks dwelling close by.
Police stated complaints and emergency calls from residents had been obtained since round 2017, however the disturbance grew steadily worse lately.
Yokoi allegedly positioned a radio in order that it performed towards the road across the clock and commenced blasting electrical guitar via an amplifier from early within the morning. Officers recorded noise ranges of as much as 80 decibels, similar to the sound of a practice passing close by.
“The music was hard rock,” one resident stated. “The radio was also playing 24 hours a day, and some residents began complaining of poor health.”
Yokoi has admitted producing the noise however denied that his actions brought on any accidents, based on police.
Source: YOMIURI