Osaka lawyer says Japan’s marijuana regulations are ‘absurd’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 13, 2021
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OSAKA (TR) – Over the past decade, some countries around the world have loosened regulations regarding the possession and use of marijuana.
Japan is not one of them violators of the Marijuana Control Law can face prison time for possession of even small amounts.
To wit, the Tokyo District Court last month handed actor Yusuke Iseya a one-year prison term, suspended for three years, for the possession of marijuana. The year before, male idol Junnosuke Taguchi also received a suspended term for the same crime.