Yutaka Arai

A self-employed man has been indicted for attempting to smuggle marijuana by putting the drugs in more than 100 separate bags and swallowing them, law enforcers said.
Yutaka Arai, 36, a resident of Hachioji, western Tokyo, stands accused of violating the Cannabis Control Law.
Arai put 297.31 grams of marijuana, with a street value of 2.35 million yen, into 120 small bags and swallowed them before arriving at Narita Airport from Bangkok International Airport on Dec. 8 in an unsuccessful bid to smuggle them into Japan, prosecutors said.

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Noboru Ikemoto,Seiha Fujima,Hiroki Fukawa

Japanese death sentences: Noboru Ikemoto, 75, who was hanged in the western metropolis of Osaka, and Seiha Fujima, 47, and Hiroki Fukawa, 42, who were executed in Tokyo, a justice ministry statement said.

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Taiki Nakamura and Keiji Umeno

Kanto Gakuin University rugby players Taiki Nakamura and Keiji Umeno are suspected of growing about 16 plants in the apartment they share in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, according to the Kanagawa prefectural police.

Police arrested the two third-year students on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law after finding the plants in a closet at about 7:05 p.m. Thursday.

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