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UnfairRepresent
05/20/23 12:51:38 PM
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Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese all-male idol group KAT-TUN, was released on bail Friday after he was charged with possessing marijuana.

Taguchi, 33, and his partner Rena Komine, 38, who faces the same charge, each posted bail of 3 million yen the same day and were released from a police station in Tokyo.

According to the indictment, Taguchi and Komine, a former actress, had about 2.2 grams of marijuana at the Tokyo apartment they shared.

Taguchi, dressed in a black suit and tie, fell to his knees outside the police station and apologized.

"I promise I will never touch illegal drugs including marijuana and become involved in crime," Taguchi said, adding he will suspend his showbiz activities and focus on regaining the public's trust.

Both Taguchi and Komine have admitted to allegations against them, according to investigators.

Last month, the health ministry's Narcotics Control Department arrested them and confiscated some smoking paraphernalia -- believed to be rolling papers and a grinder -- from the apartment.

On Wednesday, Tokyo prosecutors indicted both Taguchi and Komine on the charge.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ex-kat-tun-idol-facing-marijuana-charge-released-on-bail
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Cultural differences I guess.

I'm no hippe but I just don't get it, he smoked some pot. He didn't backhand a kid in the park and steal his ice-cream. Why does he gotta prostrate himself?

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Returning_CEmen
05/20/23 12:54:05 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I'm no hippe but I just don't get it, he smoked some pot. He didn't backhand a kid in the park and steal his ice-cream. Why does he gotta prostrate himself?
to hopefully save his career

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Zikten
05/20/23 12:54:09 PM
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Japan is very hardcore anti Marijuana. They treat it like its a hard drug like Heroin . The penalties for having it are even more strict than in America
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Ratchetrockon
05/20/23 12:56:01 PM
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I forgive you

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MarthGoomba
05/20/23 12:56:57 PM
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I'd be devastated if anyone from Aqours or Liella did drugs

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a-c-a-b
05/20/23 12:57:23 PM
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Criminalizing cannabis use in the year 2023 is so fucking bizarre.

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a-c-a-b
05/20/23 12:58:29 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
I'd be devstated if anyone from Aqours or Liella did drugs
Why?

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Shotgunnova
05/20/23 12:59:27 PM
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Dunno 'bout you guys, but I'm certainly burning all my KAT-TUN records.

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Letsago
05/20/23 12:59:30 PM
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Is this the plot of that Oshi no Ko that everyone's talking about?

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MarthGoomba
05/20/23 1:01:05 PM
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a-c-a-b posted...
Why?
Because drugs are bad

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Full_Pokedex
05/20/23 1:03:40 PM
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Drugs are for losers. Glad he understands that.

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CRON
05/20/23 1:03:47 PM
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Japan's perception of weed is really hypocritical considering how widespread alcoholism is

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Smashingpmkns
05/20/23 1:05:55 PM
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Dude probably smoked mids.

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Boombam99
05/20/23 1:08:33 PM
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He should form a group with Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg just to spite them
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UnfairRepresent
05/20/23 1:09:35 PM
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Boombam99 posted...
He should form a group with Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg just to spite them
I don't think Japanese people know who they are

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VampireCoyote
05/20/23 1:10:10 PM
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Every human has the right to cannabis if it helps them

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Boombam99
05/20/23 1:12:13 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I don't think Japanese people know who they are

Oh they will now
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Turbam
05/20/23 1:14:30 PM
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Never forgive someone who partakes in w*ed

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TheSavageDragon
05/20/23 1:15:18 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
Drugs are for losers. Glad he understands that.

Do share your many accomplishments with the board, Duncan.
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Full_Pokedex
05/20/23 1:17:51 PM
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TheSavageDragon posted...
Do share your many accomplishments with the board, Duncan.
I've never done drugs.

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Aloc
05/20/23 1:21:02 PM
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CRON posted...
Japan's perception of weed is really hypocritical considering how widespread alcoholism is
Alcohol is vastly worse than weed.

When will people learn?

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brestugo
05/20/23 1:21:49 PM
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That position is called the dogeza and used for extremely deep apology and shame.

You also do it if/when you meet your significant other's parents, if you know what's good for you.

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Thud
05/20/23 1:22:06 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/1/AAfbtgAAEfpj.jpg

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TheSavageDragon
05/20/23 1:24:17 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I've never done drugs.

It's okay that you don't get what was being implied there. Good boy.
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Murphiroth
05/20/23 1:26:04 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I've never done drugs.

And yet you can't consistently keep an account here to save your life.
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a-c-a-b
05/20/23 1:28:31 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I've never done drugs.
You're also in your 30s and still need to be taken care of like a child because you refuse to do even basic things for yourself.

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Aloc
05/20/23 1:28:54 PM
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Full grown adult with a new pokemon themed user name lol

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GeraldDarko
05/20/23 1:30:56 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
Because drugs are bad
You better toss a lot of your stuff if you only consume media produced by sober people.

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MarthGoomba
05/20/23 1:31:34 PM
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GeraldDarko posted...
You better toss a lot of your stuff if you only consume media produced by sober people.
I only consume Japanese media, because they don't do drugs

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AnsestralRecall
05/20/23 1:34:07 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
Because drugs are bad

Full_Pokedex posted...
Drugs are for losers. Glad he understands that.


MarthGoomba posted...
I only consume Japanese media, because they don't do drugs

go outside for once

hope you don't consume caffeine!
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GeraldDarko
05/20/23 1:36:52 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
I only consume Japanese media, because they don't do drugs
They drink like crazy. How is that cool with you?

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AnsestralRecall
05/20/23 1:37:54 PM
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fr, japanese business culture drinking makes ND's cultural alcoholism look like childs play
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Murphiroth
05/20/23 1:41:25 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
I only consume Japanese media, because they don't do drugs

You are insanely naive
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BowflexPeloton
05/20/23 1:50:25 PM
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SaikyoStyle
05/20/23 1:52:06 PM
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Cannabis is not a drug. It is medicine.

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AnsestralRecall
05/20/23 2:30:59 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Cannabis is not a drug. It is medicine.

see now this is the other side of the weed stupidity

its still a drug
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Weezy_Tha_Don
05/20/23 2:40:25 PM
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thats a lot of bail money for having a little over a dub lol

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RchHomieQuanChi
05/20/23 2:47:01 PM
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AnsestralRecall posted...
see now this is the other side of the weed stupidity

its still a drug

It just grow like that.

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UnfairRepresent
05/20/23 3:44:50 PM
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GeraldDarko posted...
They drink like crazy. How is that cool with you?
wut

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Finis-XII
05/20/23 3:52:53 PM
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a-c-a-b posted...
Criminalizing cannabis use in the year 2023 is so fucking bizarre.
This. Lmao wtf, Japan.

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Prestoff
05/20/23 4:06:46 PM
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You get a much harsher sentence for smoking MJ than owning CP in Japan. Let that sink in.

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UnfairRepresent
05/20/23 4:57:10 PM
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Prestoff posted...
You get a much harsher sentence for smoking MJ than owning CP in Japan. Let that sink in.
It's so weird

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trappedunderice
05/20/23 5:09:45 PM
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Kojima smoking some fat blunts right now
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hockeybub89
05/20/23 5:16:46 PM
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Japan is so stupid about weed

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SpiritSephiroth
05/20/23 5:20:04 PM
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GeraldDarko posted...
They drink like crazy. How is that cool with you?

You're primarily talking about the "Izakaya" culture which is rampart within the salaryman workforce. Thats not indicitive of the whole population >_>

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IfGodCouldDie
05/20/23 5:21:36 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
Drugs are for losers. Glad he understands that.
No they aren't. I guarantee the vast majority of people more successful than you have done drugs in some form.

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Trumble
05/20/23 5:35:31 PM
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SaikyoStyle posted...
Cannabis is not a drug. It is medicine.
Found the person who doesn't know what "drug" means.

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Carljank
05/20/23 5:36:03 PM
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Sorry but cultural difference doesn't explain classifying marijuana and heroin anywhere on the same level or schedule. It's just objectively incorrect. Sorry Japanese government but its the 21st century. Perhaps you should prioritize making your people happy instead of punishing people and worrying people might not be productive on cannabis. Guess what? Drunk and hungover people aren't productive either.

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deoxxys
05/20/23 5:40:15 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I've never done drugs.
You've done many drugs they've just been prescribed by a doctor

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knightmarexx
05/20/23 5:56:59 PM
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Japan and a lot of Asia are harsh on drugs, because they've seen the effect of smuggled Opium, that were literally run by the West in order to try and weaken their civilization, and cause a trade deficit.

When they tried to remedy this through force, the West beat them (Opium Wars), and then made them sign an unequal treaty.
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