NHK announcer arrested for indecent assault

An announcer of Japanese public broadcaster NHK was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly pressing himself against a woman and fondling her breasts on a Tokyo street, NHK said Wednesday. Toru Takahashi, 41, was arrested on a charge of indecent assault around 10 p.m. by police who rushed to the street in Shibuya, said NHK.

Takahashi says he hardly remembers what he was doing because he was drunk, NHK said. Takahashi joined NHK in 1991 and is in charge of reporting on location for the broadcaster's morning news program "Good Morning Japan." "It is quite regrettable and we deeply apologize that a member of our staff has been arrested," NHK's public relations department said in a statement.