The relaxed attitude towards ‘fashionable’ drugs has been cited as one reason for more young Japanese arrested for cannabis ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced an Australian woman to six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines into the country, despite accepting her testimony that she was tricked ...

Japanese prosecutors indicted a civilian U.S. Navy employee Tuesday on charges of smuggling psychedelic drugs into Japan by mail. David Adam Todd, 44, is accused of violating Japan’s Narcotics and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony-nominated “Slave Play” writer Jeremy O. Harris has been released from police custody in Japan after being arrested on ...

TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan's drug sector is likely to see more deals this year, with eyes on potential overseas forays by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. <4502.T> and other top drug makers, while ...

Customs officers seized 3,211 kilograms of illegal drugs last year, the first time since 2019 that annual seizures exceeded 3 ...

Unlike Tom Waits, drugs are not big in Japan. The Japanese have some of the lowest rates of drug use of any Western-style democracy with a powerful economy. How low? At one point in the mid-1980s, ...

Foreign media reported that singer and producer Chancellor, 40 years old, was arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it received orphan drug designation from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for setmelanotide, a treatment aimed at acquired hypothalamic ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today announced that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Japanese ...

BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - China executed a Japanese citizen on Tuesday for drug smuggling, ignoring objections from Tokyo that such a move could harm bilateral ties and inflame public opinion.