Dragon Ash bassist KenKen and son of Char both arrested in marijuana bust
A member of the popular rock group Dragon Ash has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession in a case involving raids in Kyoto and Tokyo, investigative sources said Saturday. Bass guitarist Kensuke Kaneko, 33, known as KenKen, is suspected of possessing a small amount of ...
Breast cancer drug Verzenio could have serious side effects on lungs, Japan's health ministry warns
The health ministry on Friday warned that the breast cancer drug Verzenio is now suspected of adversely affecting the lungs after 14 recipients in Japan developed a serious lung disease and three died. The drug is suspected of causing the side effects in at least ...
Foreign Ministry official arrested in Kabukicho over possession of illegal stimulant
A Foreign Ministry official has been arrested in Tokyo's famous Kabukicho nightlife district for allegedly possessing an illegal stimulant drug, police said Monday. Yasutoshi Tanimoto, 46, is suspected of having 0.6 grams of the drug on him on a street in the district of Shinjuku ...
American DJ David Morales arrested at Fukuoka Airport for allegedly having ecstasy in carry-on bag
American DJ David Morales was arrested Sunday at Fukuoka Airport on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Hong Kong, local police said. Morales was detained at the airport after a customs officer found the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy. Morales is a well-known figure on the ...
Cheap drug could reduce postpartum bleeding deaths by a third: study
A cheap and widely available drug could save the lives of 1 in 3 of the 100,000 new mothers who bleed to death after childbirth every year, mostly in poorer countries, according to the first study of its use in postpartum hemorrhage. In a trial ...
Pop singer-songwriter Aska was arrested Monday for allegedly using illegal stimulants, which would violate the parole terms of his suspended 2014 prison sentence. The 58-year-old Aska, whose real name is Shigeaki Miyazaki, had posted a number of comments on his blog on Monday afternoon before ...
A 12-year-old boy in the city of Kyoto has admitted to smoking marijuana, it was learned Tuesday. Investigators in the Kyoto Prefectural Police said it is extremely rare for an elementary school student to be questioned in connection with a possible violation of the Cannabis ...
Prosecutors will not indict ex-Toyota exec Hamp over painkillers
Former Toyota executive Julie Hamp will not be charged with illegally importing a controlled painkiller, investigative sources say.
U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc.'s Ebola drug ZMapp, an experimental treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients, including two U.S. missionaries. The trial, a joint effort ...
Pop star Aska pleads guilty to drug charges
Prosecutors demand a three-year term for singer Shigeaki Miyazaki, the disgraced pop star better known as Aska, as his trial over illegal drug use opens in Tokyo.
Japan to help fight Ebola outbreak if requested
If requested, the government will provide to the World Health Organization and other parties an unapproved medicine that might help combat the deadly Ebola virus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
Driver killed in Tachikawa suspected of taking 'dappo' drugs
A driver in his 30s was found dead in a crushed minicar that had slammed into a utility pole along a street in the western Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa on Thursday, police said. The police plan to investigate whether the driver had been under the ...
