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Two YouTubers who duped a man into buying illegal drugs and arranged for his apprehension by police were also arrested on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Law, Tokyo police said Nov. 20.
The 76-page report, “‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan. Government policies towards women in prison violate international human rights conventions and contravene international standards such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules of the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Mandela Rules. Prison authorities use restraints on imprisoned pregnant women, arbitrarily employ solitary confinement as a form of punishment, verbally abuse women in prison, deny incarcerated wome...
A Ukrainian and two Russian men have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling around 113 kilograms of illegal stimulants, with a street value of around 7 billion yen ($47 million), concealed in air cargo from Mexico to Japan, police says.
A drugs scandal at Japan’s biggest university draws attention to a troubling statistic: Cannabis use among young people is on the rise.
Police are planning to conduct a further investigation into the 21-year-old male football player who is suspected of possessing them.