{"id":174531,"date":"2025-11-26T19:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174531&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:42:03","slug":"two-men-arrested-in-kitakyushu-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/two-men-arrested-in-kitakyushu-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Arrested in Kitakyushu Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police arrested Ken Matsui, 30, and Naoya Kishira, 32, for allegedly assaulting a 25-year-old self-employed man in a park in Yahata Nishi Ward in July. The two reportedly punched the victim and pressed a lit cigarette to his face, causing injuries requiring ten days of treatment. Investigators said the suspects had no prior connection to the man but believed, without verification, that he was involved with the wife of an employee at Matsui\u2019s company. Matsui previously appeared in the \u201cBreaking Down\u201d martial arts event. Police have not disclosed whether either suspect admitted to the allegations. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16458496&amp;ymd=2025-11-26\" target=\"\u201c_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174528\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174528\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-kitakyushu-night_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1051&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two Men Arrested in Kitakyushu Assault Case \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-kitakyushu-night_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-kitakyushu-night_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-kitakyushu-night_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_unsplash-kitakyushu-night_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-174528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ikarovski on Unsplash &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for image purpose only<\/span><\/p><\/div>\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>Police arrested Ken Matsui, 30, and Naoya Kishira, 32, for allegedly assaulting a 25-year-old self-employed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174531","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174531","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=174531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}