{"id":460285,"date":"2026-05-26T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/460285\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:55:11","slug":"yomiuri-giants-shinnosuke-abe-quits-after-arrest-over-alleged-assault-on-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/460285\/","title":{"rendered":"Yomiuri Giants\u2019 Shinnosuke Abe quits after arrest over alleged assault on daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shinnosuke Abe \u2013 manager of the Yomiuri Giants, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/japan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan<\/a>\u2019s oldest and most storied professional baseball team \u2013 stepped down on Tuesday following his arrest on suspicion of assaulting his daughter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Abe, 47, resigned as manager of the team, viewed as Japan\u2019s closest equivalent to the New York Yankees, and apologised for \u201ctarnishing the proud tradition of Giants managers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly grabbing his 18-year-old daughter and forcing her to the floor at their home in Tokyo\u2019s Shibuya ward, an investigative source said. He was released early on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe view the act of violence very seriously and have determined that he cannot remain as manager,\u201d Giants owner Toshikazu Yamaguchi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Abe, who has a reputation among Giants fans as a demanding manager who holds players to strict standards, has admitted to the allegation, telling investigators he lost his temper as he tried to mediate a fight between his daughters, according to the source.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Offensive chief coach Hideki Hashigami will serve as acting manager from Tuesday\u2019s interleague game against the SoftBank Hawks at Tokyo Dome, the Giants said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shinnosuke Abe \u2013 manager of the Yomiuri Giants, Japan\u2019s oldest and most storied professional baseball team \u2013 stepped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[214448,214450,85,46,1437,107820,214451,214449,105,1880,138909,214453,214452],"class_list":["post-460285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-child-guidance-centre","tag-hideki-hashigami","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-japan","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-shinnosuke-abe","tag-softbank-hawks","tag-sports","tag-tokyo","tag-tokyo-dome","tag-toru-kunimatsu","tag-yomiuri-giants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}