Numerous blog posts are reporting on news that Junichi Umemoto, the President of J’s Racing was involved in a hit-and-run incident and is facing charges. In the absence of an official statement, only a few details are known.
The incident happened late at night on January 22, 2011 in Osaka. It is alleged that Umemoto fearing repercussions upon striking a pedestrian, tried to flee the scene and in the process may have caused serious injury to one of his colleagues that tried to prevent his leaving the scene. He stopped soon after and was arrested by the Police who are investigating the matter.
At this time there is no indication on whether alcohol may have been involved as a causal factor in the incident. As the investigation progresses we hope to report back to you on further developments.
J’s Racing is a premier tuning shop and have developed several performance parts for the Honda S2000 as well as other products. The company has not yet put out an official statement about the incident.
SOURCE: 7TUNE.com
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on Jan 25th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
little late man, this article has been out for about a week now, if not a week then several days.
on Jan 25th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
@irmos2k — It happened late on the 22nd. Our sources came through today. As they say better late than never and some of us have to work during the day for our keep
on Jan 25th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@irmos2k – A week? Several days? It happened on the 22nd. Thats at MOST a couple of days. If you consider the fact that its still under investigation, not a bad time frame.
Unfortunate event.
on Jan 25th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Statement was issued by J’s racing as stated in Gotuning.com
January 25, 2011
J’s Corporation co.,ltd
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 Hisaaki Murakami as the replacement. The boards also have elected Mr. Masafumi Yagi as the general manager to succeed 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.
Very Sincerely,
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J’S RACING JAPAN
Phone +81-72-645-3500
Fax +81-72-645-3505
ZIP 567-0028
10-17 Hatakedacyou Ibaraki Osaka Japan
(URL) http://www.jsracing.co.jp
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 5:50 am
The news hit the major websites on Jan 25, so this article is not late in that regards. The incident happend Jan 22, so that would be 3 days it took to hit the world wide web, not a week. We are not the type of website that needs to report things first as we are a discussion site.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 6:42 am
sorry guys. I didn’t think anyone would notice my getaway in my clown car.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 7:15 am
so many corrections to make. like the date of this initial post, “The incident happened late at night on January 22, 2010 in Osaka.”
So this happened last year??? Fix this if you plan to be taken serious.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 8:31 am
I read the japanese news, and it said that it wasnt the person that was hit that was injured. Umemoto was driving down a narrow road and he nailed some dudes arm. And as Umemoto tried to drive away, the guy that got hit’s friend tried to hold onto the car to try to stop Umemoto from driving away and got dragged. LOL.
Now he’s injured.
Well thats the story at least that was on the news.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Well said Honda Gal
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
bad media is good media ; )
J’s racing ftw.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
@mr perfect – unlike you we lay no claim to perfection.
Case of the printers devil. Thanks for pointing it out to us
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Meh. Nobody’s business IMHO. Certainly not mine.
on Jan 26th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
I initially told GoTuning about the incident, glad they got a nice response from J’s so quickly and any potential issue was resolved with the succession of positions within the company.