Woman Arrested For Assaulting Neighbor With Loud Dance Music

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TOKYO -- Loud music apparently came between two neighbors in Japan -- almost continuously for more than two years.

Miyoko Kawahara was arrested and charged Monday on suspicion of inflicting injury by blasting loud dance music almost 24 hours a day on a portable stereo she pointed at her neighbor's house.

Kawahara, 58, was pumping up the volume since 2002.

Police launched their investigation after doctors diagnosed the 64-year-old neighbor as having insomnia and headaches attributed to the noise, a Nara prefecture police spokesman said.

Police haven't pinpointed a motive, but the spokesman said the two women had spats over minor issues he declined to identify.

Under Japanese law, those convicted of inflicting injury on another person face up to 10 years in prison and a fine.

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