Fortune-teller hit with new charges for trying to force woman to join his harem

A fortune-teller under arrest for threatening a woman who refused to join his harem was hit Wednesday with a new arrest warrant accusing him of attempting to force another woman to live with him, Tokyo police said. Hirohito Shibuya, 58, a self-proclaimed fortune-teller from Higashiyamato, western Tokyo, is accused of attempted compulsion. His former wife, 26-year-old Chiaki Shibuya, was also arrested over her alleged role in the case. Shibuya admitted to the allegations while his former wife, who still lived with him, denied that she played a part in the incident, local police said. The two ordered a 26-year-old woman