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Tax authorities ordered two organizations that operate addiction rehabilitation facilities to pay penalties for aggravated tax evasion after their head improperly diverted a total of about ?110 million in organizational funds for personal use.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2026
Drug addict rehabilitation facility head accused of siphoning ?110 million
The man is believed to have had the organizations pay him under the guise of living expenses that was then used for personal purposes.
Mohammad Dawood, a 28-year-old farmer who used to harvest poppy before the ban and says his children are malnourished, harvests cotton in a field in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 29, 2026
Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can’t feed their children
In years gone by, Afghanistan’s poppy fields produced about 80% of the world’s opium, used in the manufacture of morphine as well as heroin.
Shunichiro Sato's case is the latest in a string of Japanese athletes caught up in drug-related incidents.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Oct 9, 2026
Exiled over cannabis bust, a volleyball star opens up about his second chance
Shunichiro Sato’s arrest is part of a broader wave of drug busts that has swept through Japanese sports this year.?
Two American women, both 25, arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport from New York last Saturday with two suitcases in which "cannabis-like dried plants were secretly stored," a police spokesperson said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2026
U.S. women arrested over smuggling of $1 million worth of cannabis into Japan
One suspect claimed she was motivated by the idea of a free trip to Japan.
Takeshi Niinami, former chair of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks during an interview on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2026
Former head of Keizai Doyukai denounces 今日吃瓜 notion of being ‘presumed guilty’
The former Keizai Doyukai chair has criticized 今日吃瓜 social trend of labeling people suspected of wrongdoing as guilty before the facts are known.
A group of detained fishers are transported on a National Police bus from the port of Manta, Ecuador, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2026
Fishers detained, boats destroyed but no charges under U.S. ops in Equador
Joint U.S.-Ecuador counternarcotics operations in the Pacific have seen the destruction of four Ecuadoran vessels since Aug. 28.
Some clinics in Japan have prescribed sleeping pills and psychotropic medications while promoting the concept of "achieving beauty through quality sleep."
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2026
‘Beauty sleep’ treatments spark controversy in Japan
Some clinics have prescribed sleeping pills and psychotropic medications while promoting the concept of “achieving beauty through quality sleep.”
Nick Kyrgios reacts during a match against James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic during the first round of the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open on Jan. 16.
TENNIS
Aug 20, 2026
Nick Kyrgios suspended after testing positive for cocaine
Kyrgios said he made no excuses but painted a picture of a player struggling with the twilight of his career, citing the mental toll of recent injuries.
Fishers unload their fresh catch near a market in Manta, Ecuador, on June 4.
WORLD / Society
Aug 17, 2026
Between cartel threats and U.S. airstrikes, Ecuador fishers have nowhere to hide
Drug cartels have turned the small ports of Ecuador’s Manabi province into a cocaine-trafficking hub, extorting local fishers who are prized for their navigation skills.
Officers from various Indonesian agencies lay out sacks containing the drug ketamine during a news conference in Batam, Riau Islands, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 9, 2026
Indonesia seizes 1.3 tons of ketamine worth millions in major bust
Authorities received intelligence in February that the MV King Sun was sailing east from Thailand towards Indonesia with “suspicious” cargo, prompting months of surveillance.
New Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella rides in a military vehicle while reviewing troops during a change-of-command ceremony at the Pichincha Battalion following his inauguration in Cali, Colombia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
New Colombia president pledges fiscal austerity and robust fight against crime
Abelardo De La Espriella, 48, won June’s runoff on promises to crack down on armed groups, shrink the state by as much as 40% and revive the oil and gas sector.
In a statement Friday, Malaysia Airlines said it took the allegations seriously and had launched an internal review.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2026
Drugged Malaysian pilot risks death penalty for smuggling in Indonesia
Customs officials found 14 bags of ecstasy — more than 70,000 pills — in the pilot’s suitcase and 4 grams of meth, thought to be for personal use, in his hand luggage.
Kristian Gkolomeev of Greece poses after setting a world record of 21.81 seconds in the men's 50-meter freestyle at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas on May 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2026
Games that allow athletes to use drugs that boost performance
One justification for the Enhanced Games was that we would learn how to surpass the biological limits of human performance.
This handout picture shows cocaine seized by Spanish police from a ship off the Canary Islands, following the detention of its 23-member crew without bail in Europe's largest-ever bust of the drug, in Madrid on May 8.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
A cocaine bust in Spain leads all the way to Wall Street
Investigations uncovered a network linking financiers with Wall Street connections, an Irish fintech trading crypto assets, luxury Dubai real estate and multiple offshore lenders.
A record high of 804 people were arrested for possession of cocaine in 2025, up from around 160 in 2021, according to the National Police Agency.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2026
Number of people who have tried cocaine reaches new high in Japan, study shows
Those found in possession of the drug also hit a record high of 804 arrests in 2025, according to the National Police Agency.
Two suspects, a Thai man (center) and his Laotian wife (not pictured), suspected of sending drug parcels from a border province to Bangkok, are escorted by officials to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2026
How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers
Early in the morning on June 18, a message from an unknown account slipped into the TikTok inbox of a flight attendant in Bangkok with a series of questions: “Are you flying to Australia? Do ?you do carry-for-hire? What is your rate?”
In 2025, people in their 20s and younger accounted for more than 70% of all cannabis-related police action.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2026
Cannabis use grows among young people in Japan, especially in Tokyo
Tokyo recorded the highest number of cannabis-related cases among all prefectures in 2025, with 1,139 people processed by the MPD.
Starting in June, the health ministry will ban the manufacturing, sale, possession and use of the cannabis-derived compound cannabinol (CBN).
JAPAN
May 31, 2026
Japan to ban cannabis ingredient CBN from June
The ministry will regulate CBN as a designated drug under the pharmaceutical and medical devices law through a revision of a relevant ordinance.
Executives of the Japan Volleyball Association bow in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday following the arrest of Shunichiro Sato, a member of the national volleyball team, on suspicion of cannabis possession.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2026
Japan national volleyball player arrested over suspected cannabis possession
Police allege that Shunichiro Sato, 26, had dried cannabis in his possession at a pachinko pinball parlor in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward on Wednesday afternoon.
Viranchi Shah, spokesperson for India's Drug Manufacturers' Association, the largest industry body of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers, speaks during an interview in Ahmedabad, India.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2026
Indian pharma fuels Africa’s ‘zombie drug’ and opioid crisis
Customs records show millions of dollars’ worth of the high-strength synthetic opioid being shipped from India every month to Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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