Japan baseball Giants manager Abe arrested for alleged assault on daughter

TOKYO - Shinnosuke Abe, manager of the Yomiuri Giants -- Japan's oldest and most storied professional baseball team and often seen as the closest equivalent to the New York Yankees -- was arrested Monday on suspicion of assaulting his daughter.

Abe, 47, was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly grabbing his 18-year-old daughter and forcing her to the floor at their home in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, an investigative source said. He was released early Tuesday.