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Man arrested after biting his wife on the back

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A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his 20-year-old wife after he bit her on the back during an argument at their home in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, TBS reported. Police said the man has admitted to the allegation.

The wife called the police and her husband was arrested on the spot.

Police said the victim was bleeding from a back injury when they arrived. She was taken to hospital to be treated.

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Even there's no scene for biting back in "50 shades of grey".

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I knew backbiting was a feature of Japan, but I didn't know that biting people on the back was also a thing.

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The fact that 'Man bites wife' is a headline in Japan tells you everything you need to know about how safe the country actually is.

In the US, over 10 million people are physically abused by a partner every year. We’re talking shootings, stabbings, and hospitalizations that never even make the local news because they’re 'routine.' In the UK, 2 women a week are killed by their partners.

You’re laughing at a bite? In London or Philly, she’d be lucky if that’s all that happened.

Westerners love to signal-boost these 'weird' Japan stories to ignore the bloodbath in their own suburbs. If Japan is 'horrible' for arresting a guy over a bite, what do you call a society where domestic homicide is so common it doesn't even qualify as news anymore? Glass houses, people. Watch where you’re throwing stones.

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Someone is a bit "nippy".

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Kinky.

Who bites anyone in an argument?

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