{"id":159877,"date":"2024-02-07T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T07:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=159877&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-02-07T17:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:10:45","slug":"yanagawa-fire-department-faces-backlash-over-second-dui-incident","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/yanagawa-fire-department-faces-backlash-over-second-dui-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanagawa Fire Department Faces Backlash Over Second DUI Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yanagawa City Fire Department apologized following the DUI arrest of firefighter Yuta Takada on February 6th, the second such case in a month. Despite departmental calls for a drinking ban among staff, Takada, 29, was detained for drunk driving, a charge he denies. Fire Chief Toshihiko Matsufuji expressed deep apologies for these repeated incidents, committing to stronger preventive actions to restore public trust. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240206\/5010023337.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_car-drive-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yanagawa Fire Department Faces Backlash Over Second DUI Incident\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_car-drive-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_car-drive-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_car-drive-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_car-drive-photoac_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Photo AC<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yanagawa City Fire Department apologized following the DUI arrest of firefighter Yuta Takada on February 6th, the second such case in a month&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":159901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-159877","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-yanagawa","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/159877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}