{"id":175407,"date":"2026-01-09T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=175407&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:02:54","slug":"man-arrested-for-abusing-librarian-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/man-arrested-for-abusing-librarian-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested for Abusing Librarian in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man on January 8 on suspicion of insulting a female librarian at a public library facility in Fukuoka City. The incident occurred in September last year at a library inside a gender equality center in the city\u2019s Minami Ward. According to police, the man shouted repeated abusive remarks at a librarian in her 50s while she was handling counter services. The dispute reportedly began after the man left the counter and became angry when another user was assisted ahead of him. The woman later resigned from her position following the incident. Police began investigating after she consulted them in November. The suspect has denied the allegations. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16723731&amp;ymd=2026-01-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KBC News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-175406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fnn_library-dark_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C789&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fnn_library-dark_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fnn_library-dark_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fnn_library-dark_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fnn_library-dark_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo AC<\/span><\/a><\/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>Police arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man on January 8 on suspicion of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":175406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-175407","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-minami-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/175407","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}