Ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann indicted on drug charges

Another Carlos Ghosn? It was good choice that Michael Woodward left Japan as soon he got a chance.

@sakurasuki No, the circumstances are quite different! Kaufmann has admitted to the charges whereas Ghosn denied any guilt! And if you read the article, you will see that Kaufmann has not been taken into custody.

He's not being detained after getting cocaine and MDMA? Don't common people get detained merely for having pot? Seems like a double standard.

Another Carlos Ghosn? It was good choice that Michael Woodward left Japan as soon he got a chance.

took the words right out of my mouth

He's not being detained after getting cocaine and MDMA? Don't common people get detained merely for having pot? Seems like a double standard.

I've seen people with eijuuken living for +20 years in Japan getting deported after spending 3 months in jail + slapped with a suspended sentence.

Crime: pot in urine test

If you really value the whole life you built in Japan, you'd stay away from these things like the plague.

You won't receive the death sentence but this will be the end of your life in Japan + you'll run the risk of being turned away at airports at any given moment, 1 pot and you will have a hard time leaving your country for any purpose until you die.

I wonder if Mr. Kaufmann will be blacklisted and banned from Japan forever or if this only applies to us commoners.

Japan will punish you when you are a successful businessman showing Japanese how to run a company. Especially Japanese previously troubled companies or as in my case Japanese pro sports. You will not be forgiven.

Too true, robert. That was my experience in corporate Japan as well. I am suspicious that the confession in this case was forced.

@mountainpear

Different, see this way a company with positive growth and foreign executive, suddenly being ousted. How about that sounds familiar? Check who person who replace them, will be another foreigner? Most likely not.