Man arrested for choking wife to death after she finds porn on his cell phone

Police on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man on charges of choking his 28-year-old wife to death in Machida. The man, identified as Hitoshi Kawakami, allegedly attacked his wife Kazuko at their apartment in Morino, Machida, around 9 p.m. on Sunday night.

According to police, Kawakami called a friend after he had choked his wife. The friend notified police at a nearby "koban" (police box). Kazuko was taken to hospital but died around 1:45 a.m. Monday. Kawakami told police that he killed his wife because she found porn images on his cell phone while he was taking a bath. He said she often argued violently with him. The couple married in February.