A black taxi in Shinjuku and a perching pigeon.
Ozawa is accused of killing a pigeon intentionally with his car.
  • Tokyo has arrested a taxi driver after accusing him of killing a pigeon with his car, per local media.
  • Police said a passerby called emergency services after seeing him plough into a flock of birds.
  • The cab driver, Atsushi Ozawa, told officers that it was the pigeons who should watch out for humans.

A taxi driver in Japan was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of charging his car into a flock of pigeons and striking one of the birds, local media reported.

Tokyo police said they arrested Atsushi Ozawa, 50, after identifying him through surveillance camera footage of the November incident, Asahi Shimbun reported.