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You might have heard about this already, J’s Racing President Junichi Umemoto hit someone with his car, he then attempted to leave the scene which is pretty bad on his behalf! I hope the Judaical system in Japan isn’t as bad as some countries and I’m sure there that its not as bad as it seems, apparently he panicked and fled the scene. Its crazy how one minute you are a President of a huge car tuning company and then the next your being charged for attempted murder! Here’s what happened:

Quoted from GTchannel.com…

J’s Racing President Arrested for Attempted Murder

According to Japanese websites, J’s Racing president Junichi Umemoto has been arrested for attempted murder.

Full translation of:http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news/web/html/210124004.html

The police have arrest a 43 year old man related to a hit and run incident which happened in downtown Osaka. The suspect arrested for attempted murder is Junichi Umemoto who is a auto repair shop director.  Late night on Jan 22, while driving a car, he hit a man walking and tried to leave the scene.  Eiji Fujikawa, 39 years old, a colleague of the man held onto the mirror of Umemoto’s car.  Umemoto continued  to drive and dragged him approximately 100 meters before Fujikawa let go.  Fujikawa-san broke his skull is now unconscious and in critical condition.  The suspect is saying “I was scared of repercussions and kept on going.  I didn’t mean to kill him.” On his own blog Umemoto introduces himself that he has entered over 100 official races and is an active driver.

All you J’s Racing fans, do not worry though…the company isn’t going anywhere and despite what people say, no, if you buy J’s products you won’t be supporting “an attempted murderer”. Here’s a statement that J’s Racing posted up today…

January 25, 2011

J’s Corporation
C.E.O  Hisaaki Murakami

To all the parties concerned:

This statement is prepared in response to the news “Junichi Umemoto Arrested” reported on the media.

We sincerely regret and apologize for all the trouble we caused to our customers and business acquaintance. At the same time, we earnestly hope a speedy recovery of the injured party.

As of now, we have not obtained the complete information and we are unable to report all the detail of the incident. However, it is a fact that Mr. Umemoto has been arrested and has been questioned by the police.

Upon this development, the board of directors removed Mr. Umemoto from the C.E.O and have elected Mr. Hisaaki Murakami as the replacement. The boards also have elected Mr. Masafumi Yagi as the general manager to succeed Mr. Murakami.

Starting today, with this new management, we resume the regular operation and make utmost effort to avoid the similar trouble to our customers, clients, and the business associates.

We are determined and committed to do whatever necessary to restore the trust from you.

We greatly appreciate and look forward to your continued support and patronage.

Its crazy how things in life can change when you least expect it One minute your on top, the next your not. J’s racing have said things will continue as normal, hopefully things work out for Junichi!