TOKYO - A Japanese talent agency said Thursday it has terminated its exclusive contract with a member of pop idol group timelesz who was arrested last month for alleged assault and subsequently released.

Shuto Inomata, 25, was arrested on Sept. 19, a day after allegedly hitting a woman in her 20s in the face multiple times in a car parked in front of a convenience store in Tokyo's Koto Ward. Since his release on Friday, he has been questioned by police on a voluntary basis.

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