{"id":27339,"date":"2026-05-23T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/27339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:23:10","slug":"japanese-tourist-sentenced-after-assaulting-wife-at-queenstown-campground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/27339\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese tourist sentenced after assaulting wife at Queenstown campground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now Nishio has found himself in the Queenstown District Court <\/a> being sentenced for a charge of assault on a person in a family relationship and a charge of resisting police.<\/p>\n

The tourist, who does not speak English, was supported by a Japanese interpreter via video.<\/p>\n

According to the summary of facts read out in court by Judge Mark Williams, the couple were staying at a Queenstown holiday park.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou two argued over a passport. You punched your partner on the shoulder, you then pushed her with open palms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou then grabbed her jacket and pushed her on to the ground. You dragged her along the ground before sitting on her for about 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Onlookers called police and when they arrived Nishio resisted arrest by holding his arms across his chest to avoid being handcuffed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou then head-butted the window and kicked the door of the police car,\u201d Judge Williams said.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the court, Nishio said he regretted his actions and was sorry for the pain he had caused.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour reaction towards the police was a result of you panicking because you do not speak English. You apologised to your partner and to the other guests of the campground,\u201d Judge Williams said.<\/p>\n

Nishio acknowledged he needed professional help with regard to alcohol <\/a>and also needed help to deal with his emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to offer your apologies to everyone who\u2019s been involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

His wife also provided a letter to the court which said she was sad, angry and upset with her husband.<\/p>\n

His bail conditions imposed on him last week meant the couple had to be separated for the week.<\/p>\n

This had left the wife feeling isolated, Judge Williams said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI accept that has been stressful for both of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Williams imposed a good behaviour bond and, if Nishio was to offend again while in New Zealand, he could be resentenced on the two charges.<\/p>\n

Nishio would make a $500 donation to Women\u2019s Refuge and continue travelling with his wife.<\/p>\n

They are in the country until June 13 when they plan to head to Australia.<\/p>\n

Brianna McIlraith is a Queenstown-based reporter for Open Justice covering courts in the lower South Island. She has been a journalist since 2018 and has had a strong interest in business and financial journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now Nishio has found himself in the Queenstown District Court being sentenced for a charge of assault on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3373,21618,92,21620,8,17,21619,21617,920,865],"class_list":["post-27339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-after","tag-assaulting","tag-at","tag-campground","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-queenstown","tag-sentenced","tag-tourist","tag-wife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}