Tag - dangerous-drugs

 
 

DANGEROUS DRUGS

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2018
Six arrested over 2016 seizure of 'dangerous drugs' worth ¥3.6 billion from Tokyo apartment
Six men were arrested Wednesday in connection to the 2016 seizure of 185 kilograms of hallucinogenic kiken (dangerous) drugs from an apartment in Tokyo, investigators said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 30, 2016
Narcotics flooding into Japan
Japan is becoming a paradise for drug dealers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2016
NHK newscaster allegedly cooked up 'kiken' drugs in own home
An announcer for NHK was served a fresh arrest warrant Friday on suspicion of making narcotics at his home.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2016
Motorist sentenced to eight years in prison for killing pedestrian, injuring others after taking drugs
The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 38-year-old man to eight years in prison on Friday for killing a pedestrian and injuring six others in Tokyo in 2014 after inhaling a so-called kiken (dangerous) drug.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2015
Osaka eyes law to evict quasi-legal drug dealers
Osaka Prefecture plans to reform its ordinance to prohibit accommodation operators from allowing dealers of quasi-legal drugs to stay, following the recent eradication of such dealers' outlets in the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2014
Bill targets quasi-legal drugs by applying sales bans nationwide
The Liberal Democratic Party and ruling coalition ally Komeito have drawn up a draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law that would allow sales bans on quasi-legal drug products to be applied nationwide rather than just to a single store, according to sources close to the ruling camp.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2014
The quasi-legal drug dilemma
There is no end in sight to the traffic accidents and other incidents attributed to the use of quasi-legal — or what the police now call 'dangerous' — drugs. It's not easy revising the laws regulating their use.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2014
Hyogo first to enact ordinance regulating sales of loophole drugs
The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly on Monday passed an ordinance aimed at regulating sellers of law-dodging "dappo" (loophole) narcotics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2014
Fukuoka teachers say no to drugs after principal caught using stimulants
A city in Fukuoka makes a poster from the portraits of 758 teachers who pledge not to do drugs after a local principal is busted for using stimulants.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2014
41 deaths caused by 'dangerous drugs' in Japan since 2012
At least 41 people are suspected to have died from using "dangerous drugs" since 2012, a National Police Agency official said.

Longform

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on