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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2018
Couple arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport for attempting to smuggle meth worth ¥1.8 billion
A 43-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife have been arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine with an approximate street value of ¥1.8 billion ($16.7 million), police and customs officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2018
Japan sees record number of marijuana cases in 2017 as youth involvement rises
The data showed a notable increase in the number of cases involving people aged below 20, raising concern that use of the drug is becoming more widespread among juveniles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2018
Social media looks like the new opiate of the masses
Researchers have found some troubling parallels with addictive drugs.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said were attacks by U.N. officials and violations of due process by the ICC.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Japan's juvenile crime at postwar record low, but rising marijuana use concerns police agency
The number of teens implicated in cases involving marijuana increased by more than fivefold between 2013 and 2017, the National Police Agency said, raising concern that use of the drug is spreading among juveniles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Duterte says International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to indict him over killings in drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court because "not in a million years" would it have jurisdiction to indict him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018
Asia rethinks drug wars that Trump admires
The region is tilting away from executions and toward rehab.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2018
Manila says it welcomes U.N. probe into killings in drug war — but not by current special rapporteur
The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations' current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2018
Philippines 'concerned' as U.S. intelligence tags Duterte a threat to democracy
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is taking seriously the U.S. Intelligence Community's report tagging the firebrand leader a threat to democracy in Southeast Asia, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2018
OxyContin maker stops promoting opioids
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP said on Saturday that it has cut its sales force in half and will stop promoting opioids to physicians, following widespread criticism of the ways that drugmakers market addictive painkillers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2018
U.S. sailors investigated over alleged drug ring in Japan
The U.S. Navy is investigating allegations that sailors from the 7th Fleet based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, are involved an alleged drug ring in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2018
Couple held over bogus hepatitis C drug served fresh warrant over fake Harvoni tablets
A couple were arrested anew Wednesday on suspicion of selling a counterfeit version of the hepatitis C drug Harvoni to a wholesaler.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2018
Taiwanese man gets 25 years for Japan's biggest stimulants bust
A Taiwanese man was sentenced in Okinawa to 25 years in prison and a ¥10 million ($91,000) fine Thursday for trying to smuggle 597 kg of stimulants into Japan in 2016.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2018
U.S. 'cautiously optimistic' over reduction in Philippine extrajudicial killings
The U.S. government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs following a decline in extrajudicial killings, a U.S. senior narcotics official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018
Japan's welfare ministry drafting bill to limit people on dole to generic drugs
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is drafting a bill to limit people on welfare to the use of generic drugs as health care costs continue to climb.
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
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 20, 2018
Tom Petty died due to accidental drug overdose
Rocker Tom Petty died in October due to "multisystem organ failure" brought on by an accidental overdose of seven medications, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2018
The international politics of pain relief
Experts say that relieving severe pain is a 'global health and equity imperative.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018
One of Japan's top sprint canoeists banned for spiking rival's drink to cause positive drug test
The incident is Japan's first case of an athlete failing a doping test due to deliberate contamination.
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2018
U.S.'s legal cannabis industry to generate $40 billion, 400,000 jobs by 2021: study
The legal cannabis sector is expected to generate $40 billion and more than 400,000 jobs by 2021 in the United States, according to a study released Tuesday.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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