{"id":180418,"date":"2026-10-20T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180418&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:05:02","slug":"cyclist-denies-drunken-riding-saying-he-was-pushing-with-his-foot","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/cyclist-denies-drunken-riding-saying-he-was-pushing-with-his-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist denies drunken riding, saying he was pushing with his foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of drunken cycling in Fukuoka\u2019s Chuo Ward early on Oct. 17. A pedestrian called police shortly before 6 a.m. after a bicycle collided with him on a Haruyoshi sidewalk. Police said a breath test detected 0.98 milligrams of alcohol per liter. The suspect, who described himself as a restaurant employee, denied the allegation. He said he had held the handlebars with both hands and pushed himself along with his foot without pedaling, so he was not riding. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/3019346?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18330995&#038;ymd=2026-10-17\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/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\/2025\/09\/fnn_police-car_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Police Car\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_police-car_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_police-car_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_police-car_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_police-car_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now (For image purposes only)<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of drunken cycling in Fukuoka\u2019s Chuo Ward early on Oct. 17. A pedestrian called police shortly before 6 a.m. after a bicycle collided with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":173248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180418","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180418","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=180418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}