<figure id="attachment_434311" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-434311" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c526bdbe"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/08/33c8cb72ec6df500ddc6de9011270cc2.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-434311" class="wp-caption-text">Ryuji Imaichi of &#8220;J SOUL BROTHERS III&#8221; was arrested on charges of assault and intimidation.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> The driver&#8217;s side says, &#8220;No settlement has been reached at this time.</h2>
 On July 31, the Yoyogi Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department filed charges against Ryuji Imaichi (38), a member of the popular music group &#8220;J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE,&#8221; for assault and intimidation.
 Imaichi allegedly threatened to &#8220;kill&#8221; the male driver, pulled his arm, and hit the acrylic board between the driver&#8217;s seat and the back seat when he got into a cab in Tokyo on April 5. The driver was not injured.
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 On July 31, LDH released a comment titled &#8220;Report on Ryuji Imaichi, J SOUL BROTHERS III
 The Compliance Committee immediately held a meeting and implemented strict disciplinary measures, including the return of his remuneration and house arrest.
 The committee stated that the punishment was taken on the same day as the filing of the charges. In addition, the following statement was made
 In April, he apologized to the cab company and offered to settle the matter, and a settlement has already been reached with the company.
 The company has already reached a settlement with the taxi company.
 However, Rey Law Offices, the attorney representing the cab driver, also commented on the case.
 There is no evidence that the victim&#8217;s cab driver gave the wrong destination instructions or route, objected to or defied Mr. Imaichi&#8217;s words or actions, said or did anything to provoke Mr. Imaichi, got into an argument with Mr. Imaichi, or was pointed out by Mr. Imaichi for his customer service attitude, but rather was subjected to unilateral actions from Mr. Imaichi.
 and after confirming that the victim was not at fault,
 Mr. Imaichi, through his attorney, has apologized and proposed a settlement, but no settlement has been reached at this time.
 However, at this point, no settlement has been reached.
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 While the victim&#8217;s side announced that &#8220;no settlement has been reached,&#8221; the LDH side announced that &#8220;a settlement has been reached. The discrepancy between the two sides was reported on the Internet and other media,
 The driver&#8217;s lawyer says that no settlement has been reached, but LDH is trying to end it by pretending that a settlement has been reached.
 Is there some kind of discrepancy or someone lying about the fact that there is no settlement, or that there is?
 Many commenters questioned, &#8220;Why is the LDH side trying to get this done on their own? But regarding this,
 &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a lie.
 A person involved with LDH said, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean that they are lying.
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<h2>The &#8220;punitive sentiments&#8221; that the prosecution values are</h2>
 As I mentioned in my comment, Mr. Imaichi has reached a settlement with the cab company. He continues to deal with the driver in good faith.&#8221;
 In other words, a settlement has been reached with the cab company, and LDH announced this as their comment. However, the victims are still not convinced, and it seems that no settlement has been reached with the individual driver in the three months leading up to the filing of the charges.
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 Both parties are not lying, but that is the reason for the discrepancy.
 So, how will the fact that the victim has not agreed to a settlement affect the future? According to Kenta Morimi, an attorney at Morimi Law Office, &#8220;We have not reached a settlement with the driver himself,
 However, since it says, &#8220;Mr. Imaichi, through his attorney, has apologized and proposed a settlement,&#8221; this point may be one of the factors that the prosecutor will take into consideration when deciding the punishment. Also, although the details of the settlement are not clear, I read that a settlement has been reached with the company. However, the victim in this assault and intimidation case is the cab driver himself, not the company, so even if some kind of settlement has been reached with the company, if the driver himself wants to be punished, the prosecutor will give priority to his own feelings of punishment.
 The LDH is not going to let the taxi driver get away with the crime.
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 LDH wants to put out the fire as soon as possible. LDH, together with Ryotaro Sugi and others, EXILE ATSUSHI and Toshio Matsumoto, have been working hard with the National Police Agency to raise awareness of crime prevention. They have impressed upon young people that it is cool to be serious and hardworking even though they may look like a yankee. An assault case like Mr. Imaichi&#8217;s is something that tarnishes such activities.
 The professional baseball team, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, announced that the live music performance by JSB at the &#8220;Hawk Festival Summer Boost&#8221; to be held after the game on August 3 will be performed by all members except Imaichi. It has begun to affect him in terms of his work, and the cost has been significant &#8211; he has had to pay for it.

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 Ryuji Imaichi, a member of "J SOUL BROTHERS 3rd Generation," was arrested for assaulting and threatening a cab driver. Imaichi's side says that "a settlement has been reached," but the driver says that "no settlement has been reached," and the reason for the split is...

Ryuji Imaichi, suspected of threatening to assault a cab driver, “reached a settlement,” but the victim “did not.

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