Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue arrested over alleged hospital assault

44-year-old says she injured nurse after car accident left her 'in panic'

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Ryoko Hirosue says she will suspend all her activities in the entertainment business for the time being. © Kyodo

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Police said Tuesday they have arrested actor Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in central Japan.

Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and scratched her arm at a hospital in Shimada, Shizuoka prefecture, past midnight Monday, police said, adding she was taken there after her car rear-ended a truck on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.

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