Soccer Oct 6, 2020
Kindai soccer club suspended after players admit to cannabis use
One player told university officials that he did it "out of boredom" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 10, 2020
Actor Yusuke Iseya admits to possessing cannabis, police say
During a search, the police allegedly found four bags containing 20.3 grams of cannabis in a desk drawer with a street value of around ¥120,000.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 8, 2020
Yusuke Iseya, a popular Japanese actor and half-brother of the late designer Kansai Yamamoto, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing drugs at his home in Tokyo, police said.
Asia Pacific Aug 10, 2020
Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
National / Crime & Legal Apr 2, 2020
A record 4,321 individuals were involved in cannabis cases in Japan last year, up 743 from the previous year for the sixth consecutive year of increases, with abuse of the drug by young people showing a marked rise, police said Thursday. The number of those ...
World / Science & Health Mar 16, 2020
Cannabis smokers aiming to keep calm and carry on despite coronavirus queued up outside Dutch "coffee shops" Sunday after the government ordered their closure to beat the outbreak. Customers lined up in the dozens as they tried to beat a deadline for the closure of ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 19, 2020
Man on trial for killing 19 at Sagamihara care home says he won't appeal
A man on trial for murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 other people in 2016, at a knife rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled, said Wednesday he would not launch an appeal regardless of the ruling. During the trial at the Yokohama ...
World / Crime & Legal Dec 20, 2019
Spain busts Chinese gang using illegal immigrant 'slaves' to grow marijuana
Spanish police said Thursday they have broken up a Chinese gang that allegedly forced illegal migrants to work in "conditions of semi-slavery" to produce marijuana for export across Europe. The gang is suspected of growing marijuana in warehouses rented in industrial areas, mainly in the ...
Business Oct 31, 2019
Migrant cash can buy palace in Vietnam's 'Billionaire Village' but cost can be one's life
At least three of the 39 victims found in the back of a truck in Britain last week set off from Vietnam's "Billionaire Village" in search of their fortunes. A billion dong may only be around $43,000, but in the rural north-central town of Do ...
National / Crime & Legal Oct 21, 2019
Former Kat-tun member Junnosuke Taguchi gets suspended term for marijuana possession
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese male idol group Kat-tun, was given a suspended prison term Monday for possession of marijuana. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the 33-year-old Taguchi to six months in prison, suspended for two years. His partner, former actress Rena Komine, ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Oct 20, 2019
Canberra's legalization of cannabis clashes with federal laws
Australian Attorney General Christian Porter said on Sunday that Canberra's new legislation legalizing possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use do not provide legal protection and clash with federal laws. In September, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the first of the country's ...
World / Science & Health Oct 15, 2019
Vaping-linked lung injuries that have killed 29 and sickened more than 1,000 people in the United States are likely to be rare in Britain and other countries where the suspect products are not widely used, specialists said Monday. Experts in toxicology and addiction said they ...