TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 33-year-old feminine reporter for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on suspicion of stalking a male reporter from one other newspaper, stories Fuji News Network (Aug. 29).
According to police, Aoi Hanzawa, a reporter within the paper’s Economic and Social Security Group, despatched messages equivalent to “I want to see you” to the male reporter, aged in his 30s, on 64 events between August 17 and 25 utilizing the chat perform of the app PayPay.
Upon her arrest for violating the Stalking Prevention Act, Hanazawa partially denied the fees, saying, “I don’t acknowledge this because I thought my feelings were acceptable [to him].”
Prior to her arrest, Hanazawa had reportedly obtained a number of warnings from police over the previous yr.
The Nikkei commented, “We deeply regret the arrest of one of our employees. We will take strict action as soon as the facts are clarified.”
Married with three youngsters
What was overlooked of that report by Fuji News Network is that the 2 had been actually relationship, this regardless of him being married with three youngsters.
Given his standing, some surprise why she has been singled out, says the web web site for weekly tabloid Shukan Shincho.
Their relationship was well-known amongst political reporters overlaying Nagatacho, the beat for each of them.
A social affairs reporter for one more paper tells Shincho that Hanzawa moved from the Mainichi Shimbun to the Nikkei final yr. Meanwhile, her boyfriend was within the Political Department of the rival paper. “The two were covering the same subjects as the prime minister and the Heisei Research Department,” the supply says.
After shifting to Nikkei, she was assigned to the Economic and Social Security Group and was answerable for the Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, he was transferred from the Political Department to the Economic Department on the rival paper throughout the identical interval.
Obviously, he denied the connection when requested however that runs counter to what was extensively recognized.
“Mysterious documents stating that the two were having an affair were circulated, and it became known to both companies,” continues the aforementioned supply.
“I want to see you”
The journal wonders: Why couldn’t they half methods cleanly? The reply is that she was agonized by the considered letting him go.
That desperation is clearly revealed within the 64 messages that Hanazawa despatched to him: “I want to die,” “Don’t leave me alone” and “I want to see you.”
There are additionally rumors that at one level Hanazawa was so upset that she confronted his spouse.
Given the existence of the connection, the identical social affairs reporter says that each events ought to bear duty for the difficulty. “Even if the stalking was real, one was handed over to the police and reported by name while the other continues to work as if nothing had happened,” the identical reporter says.
Shortly after the news of Hanazawa’s arrest, a bylined article by him appeared on the entrance web page of the morning version of the newspaper to which he belongs.
“Normally, they would have removed him if they’d considered the timing. How could they let that run? What a company,” the social affairs reporter says.