Ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann pleads guilty to drug charge

Prosecutors demanded a 10-month prison term, while the defense called for leniency. The Tokyo District Court is set to sentence the 56-year-old defendant on Friday.

Foreigners and drugs; the two areas where the 'justice' system will display extreme rigor in prosecuting non-violent crime.

A drug dealer gives a media interview and isn’t reported to the authorities?

Totally unconscionable!

CEOs are not "street-wise" - he should have known better buying in Japan. Losing his position and being deported should be punishment enough. Next time he should look for work in a country with more enlightened drug laws (not the land of Matt Gaetz).

If you want to find them, drugs can certainly be had here (the 芸能人use them all the time).

I've personally known people here who bought hashish--and then avoided them entirely. It's not worth being detained and/or deported for a few hours of enjoyment.

If you want to find them, drugs can certainly be had here (the 芸能人use them all the time).

But they're wacky and (supposedly) funny (if your sense of humor is that of a grade schooler), so they get a pass.

Dude got hustled, badly. Paying the price now. Poor bastard.

This all got kicked off by a story in the weekly rags? A detail that could have been included in the multiple articles previous to this one.

Was the dealer also indicted? BTW, what was the point of the dealer giving an interview? Now the dealer probably (I hope) got indicted, and lost his customer and his shady business. So what was the point?

The dealer, also a criminal, goes unnamed. He brought his illegal business out into the open because he couldn't do said illegal business with Kaufman? There's something whacky here.