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Tokyo court fines Dewi Sukarno 200,000 yen for assaults on two women
Versión 2: The verdict itself is unchanged, but fuller reporting from the national dailies adds the judge’s name, the exact dates and times of both incidents, the court’s finding that she threw the champagne glass based partly on video taken by the former manager, and the number of gallery tickets issued for the hearing.
En breve
The Tokyo District Court on Oct 6 fined Dewi Sukarno, the 86-year-old television personality known as “Dewi Fujin”, 200,000 yen after convicting her on two assault charges, matching the fine prosecutors had sought. The charges covered throwing a hand towel and a champagne glass at a female employee at a Shibuya restaurant in February 2025, and hitting and kicking her then-manager at a Shibuya animal hospital that October. The defense said she reacted to a conversation about eating dog meat and was shaken by her pet dog’s sudden death, and that she had already lost about 90 million yen in cancelled work.
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The Tokyo District Court on Oct 6 fined Dewi Sukarno, the 86-year-old television personality known as “Dewi Fujin”, 200,000 yen after convicting her on two assault charges. Judge Toshiichi Ishida handed down the sentence, which matched the fine prosecutors had demanded, according to Asahi Shimbun, Jiji Press, Sankei Shimbun and Nikkei. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 11 , 12 ]
The two charges covered separate incidents. On Feb 13, 2025, she threw a hand towel and a champagne glass at a female employee of the talent agency she heads at a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, according to Asahi and Nikkei. On Oct 28, 2025, she beat and kicked the woman who was then her manager at an animal hospital in the same ward; Yomiuri Shimbun reported that she struck the woman’s chest and abdomen several times. [ 4 , 8 , 12 ]
In the ruling, Judge Ishida described the offenses as dangerous and violent and the sequence of events as short-sighted, saying that even if the defendant’s emotions were unstable immediately after her pet dog’s death, that could not justify the acts, Jiji, Sankei and Nikkei reported. The court rejected her claim that she did not throw the champagne glass, finding the fact established partly from video footage taken by the former manager, Nikkei reported. [ 5 , 11 , 12 ]
Prosecutors had argued that she assaulted the former secretary over a disagreement about animal protection and vented grief and anger over her dog’s death on the former manager, Mainichi Shimbun reported, and that the acts showed no sign of remorse, with the victims seeking strict punishment, Asahi reported. The defense said she reacted excessively because of her long involvement in animal welfare and was shaken by her dog’s sudden death, and argued she had already received sufficient social sanction given about 90 million yen in losses from cancelled television appearances and contract penalties, according to Mainichi, Asahi, Sankei and Nikkei. [ 3 , 4 , 11 , 12 ]
Accounts of what the defendant herself told the court differed from the court’s findings. In the account by Nippon TV, she said she could not remember throwing the champagne glass, described becoming “like an instant water heater” when the other woman said she was not opposed to eating dog meat, said she threw a hand towel, chopsticks and a chopstick rest reflexively, and said of the manager that she pushed her chest but did not touch her body. She also disclosed about 90 million yen in losses and said she should have shown more self-control, the same account said. Mainichi reported that she said in court she did not fully admit the acts, while her defense did not contest that the assault charges were established. At a Sept 8 hearing held after a change of judge required the proceedings to be renewed, she said she did not fully admit the charges and denied throwing the glass or hitting and kicking at all, according to the Nippon TV account. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Sankei reported that the defendant is the third wife of former Indonesian President Sukarno and had appeared in television variety programs, and that 107 numbered tickets were issued for 21 general gallery seats at the hearing. [ 11 ]
Por qué importa
The verdict closes a case involving a well-known television personality and the third wife of Indonesia’s former president, and it sets a fine as the penalty, matching what prosecutors sought. The defense argued the incidents grew out of the defendant’s animal-welfare activity and that she had already suffered about 90 million yen in cancelled appearances and contract penalties, a claim the documents report but do not independently confirm. The documents give no indication of wider legal or policy consequences beyond this case.
Datos clave
- The Tokyo District Court on Oct 6 fined Dewi Sukarno, known as “Dewi Fujin”, 200,000 yen after convicting her on two assault charges. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 11 , 12 ]
- The fine of 200,000 yen was the sentence prosecutors had demanded. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 11 , 12 ]
- Judge Toshiichi Ishida handed down the sentence. [ 4 , 5 , 11 , 12 ]
- One charge concerned throwing a hand towel and a champagne glass at a female employee of the talent agency she heads at a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, on Feb 13, 2025. [ 4 , 8 , 12 ]
- The other concerned hitting and kicking the woman who was then her manager at an animal hospital in Shibuya on Oct 28, 2025. [ 4 , 8 , 12 ]
- The judge called the offenses dangerous and the sequence of events short-sighted, and said emotional instability after her pet dog’s death could not justify the acts. [ 5 , 11 , 12 ]
- The defense said the defendant had already suffered about 90 million yen in losses from cancelled appearances and contract penalties. [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 11 , 12 ]
- Sankei Shimbun reported that 107 numbered tickets were issued for 21 general gallery seats at the hearing. [ 11 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
- The Tokyo District Court on Oct 6 fined Dewi Sukarno, known as “Dewi Fujin”, 200,000 yen on two assault charges. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 11 , 12 ]
- The fine matched the 200,000 yen prosecutors had sought. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 11 , 12 ]
- The case covered two incidents, one at a restaurant and one at an animal hospital, both in Shibuya, Tokyo. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 11 , 12 ]
- Judge Toshiichi Ishida issued the ruling. [ 4 , 5 , 11 , 12 ]
- The judge described the acts as dangerous and the circumstances as short-sighted. [ 5 , 11 , 12 ]
- The defense said the defendant had suffered about 90 million yen in losses from cancelled appearances and contract penalties. [ 3 , 4 , 11 , 12 ]
Aún sin aclarar
- Whether the defendant fully admitted the acts. The defendant said in court she did not fully admit them and denied throwing the champagne glass or hitting and kicking at all, according to documents 2 and 3, while document 3 also says the defense did not contest that the assault charges were established.
- Whether the defense contested that the assault charges were established. Stated by a single outlet, Mainichi Shimbun, and not repeated by any other document.
- The content of the victims’ statements in court, beyond that they sought strict punishment. The account in document 2 is truncated mid-sentence as a victim statement is read out, and document 4 says only that the victims sought strict punishment.
- Whether the roughly 90 million yen in losses is verified beyond the defendant’s and the defense’s own account. The figure is reported as the defendant’s own disclosure in court and as a defense argument; no document says it was independently confirmed.
- The year of the first hearing, held on June 23. Documents 1 and 2 give June 23 and an approximate arrival time but no year, and no other document dates that hearing.
Qué dicen los medios locales
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- June 23: media gather at the vehicle entrance of the Tokyo District Court for the first hearing, and the defendant arrives in a black car. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Oct 6: Nippon TV, Mainichi Shimbun and Livedoor News report that the Tokyo District Court has handed down a 200,000 yen fine. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Oct 6: Asahi Shimbun reports the ruling and names Judge Toshiichi Ishida. [ 4 ]
- Oct 6: Jiji Press reports the ruling and the judge’s remark that the acts were dangerous and violent. [ 5 ]
- Oct 6: Yomiuri Shimbun reports the 200,000 yen fine, matching the prosecutors’ request. [ 8 ]
- Oct 6: Nikkei reports the ruling and that the court found the glass-throwing established from video evidence. [ 12 ]
- Oct 6: Nippon TV issues a further report headlined on the judge’s description of the offense as dangerous and the circumstances as short-sighted. [ 13 ]