Ex-pro tennis player faces suspended term for dealing marijuana

Tuesday 23rd December, 05:57 AM JST

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techall at 09:47 AM JST - 23rd December

Japan is awash in cannabis!!

‘‘The defendant’s criminal responsibility is not light considering his status as a professional athlete,’’

What the hell does his occupation have to do with the magnitude of responsibility???
Samuraiiki at 11:22 AM JST - 23rd December

Something does not jive here. He was sentenced to 6 months and she got 16 months. Am I missing something?
techall at 11:24 AM JST - 23rd December

Hemp is a very useful fiber. They make clothes of hemp cloth and hemp oil if great for massage, but the commerical hemp and cannabis are not the same. The commercial type does not product the substance that makes you hihg.
techall at 11:27 AM JST - 23rd December

Samuraiiki:

forced his girlfriend, a 23-year-old former actress, to buy marijuana

Maybe she got 6 mos. for buying the cannabis and 10 mos. for being criminally stupid.
omarbabilon at 12:39 PM JST - 23rd December

LEGALIZE IT!!!!! LEGALIZE IT!!!!!
jacqueshellacque at 12:40 PM JST - 23rd December

Activities which produce no victims should not be crimes.
buddha4brains at 01:32 PM JST - 23rd December

He "forced her" to buy and yet he gets only 6 months and she 18 months? I think the judge hates women. Sorry your honour, but not all women are your momma.
FineDiner at 03:12 PM JST - 23rd December

Exactly, there are no victims at all. Just alot of great stoned sex between a couple in the privacy of their own home.
JapanHusker at 03:54 PM JST - 23rd December

"Activities which produce no victims should not be crimes."

Whatever. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda".

FACT: It IS against the law now. FACT: They broke the law. FACT: They should be, and were, punished accordingly.

Just because one THINKS something illegal should be legal, does not exempt them from the law.

I THINK the speed limit should be higher on Japan expressways. But if caught speeding - the fault lies with me and me only.
presto345 at 05:55 PM JST - 23rd December

Exactly, there are no victims at all. Just alot of great stoned sex between a couple in the privacy of their own home.

Well, perhaps that's why they got suspended sentences :-)
BBLeo at 08:10 PM JST - 23rd December

Tennis player and an actress what a match of the year Tennis player can puff marijuana faster than the actress because he is very feet. Actress couldn't handle it because she was aware that this is 'Balinese plant of God.' Surely she must put all her garbage on someone and he is very lucky that judge gave suspended sentence. If that was someone else will possibly land up behind the bars for few years Is law in Japan different for 'SPORTS STARS' This 'balls player' will one day make serious mistake, and than he will join 'inmates club' for few years. He is suffering from social sanctions, HEY wasn't he aware that marijuana is illegal? I do not believe to such crap from either side.
JeffLee at 07:59 AM JST - 24th December

I believe the police had no solid evidence against him. He was arrested on hearsay - the porn star's confession - and then he confessed while in detention. That's probably why he got the lighter sentence.
pizzaboy at 08:58 AM JST - 24th December

Had he been a foreigner he would have gotten 3 yrs MINIMUM.
akuma1985 at 12:59 PM JST - 24th December

who is miyao ?? never herd about him. maybe if he stoped the marijuana his record will become better. he will not be a big lose for japanese tennis.
whyamiinjapan at 11:01 AM JST - 28th December

0.7 grams. My God!!! That's enough for the whole Diet to get high! Danger!! Danger!!!