Shinsuke Shimada

Shimada, whose real name is Kimihiko Hasegawa, admitted hitting the 40-year-old woman, investigators said.

Shimada got into an argument with the woman at a TV broadcasting station in Osaka's Kita Ward on Oct. 25, dragged her into a dressing room, grabbed her hair and slapped her head, police said.

Shimada was quoted as telling police he felt the woman "had a bad attitude" and wanted to "teach her to behave as a person belonging to the same agency."

Shimada said at a news conference that he was "100 percent" to blame for the incident. He said that although the woman talked to others in a rude way that needed to be "corrected," his actions could not be condoned.

The Japan Times Weekly: Nov. 13, 2004
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