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4 held for alleged smuggling of 630 kg of drugs from Canada

OSAKA, Japan - Bagfuls of confiscated amphetamines, cannabis and synthetic drug MDMA on display at the Osaka Maritime Police Station on Aug. 13. Osaka police say they have arrested four Chinese on suspicion of involvement in smuggling 630 kilograms of amphetamines, cannabis and synthetic drug MDMA from Canada.

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Actor Oshio pleads guilty to drug use

TOKYO, Japan - A car believed to be carrying actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by camera crews and reporters as it arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009. Oshio pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to the charge of taking the synthetic drug MDMA in August.

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Seized drugs on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police

TOKYO, Japan - Hemp and other illegal drugs along with other material evidence seized by police from New Zealander Hossein Rahmati, Rahmati's Japanese wife and three of their foreign associates in Tokyo on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Dec. 14. Tokyo police say 1 kilogram of hemp and cocaine and 90 tablets of MDMA drugs, worth about 30 million yen on the streets, have been seized.

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Record volume of ecstasy pills seized at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Customs officials at Narita airport seize ecstasy tablets, known as MDMA, on May 16. In the first four months of this year, some 257,000 ecstasy tablets were seized, exceeding the total volume seized in the entire country last year.

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Man caught trying to smuggle ecstasy into Japan

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer holds in his hand Sept. 27 tablets of methylene dioxy-methyl amphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, which an Israeli man attempted to smuggle into Japan earlier this month. David Bitton, 32, was taken into police custody for trying to smuggle 25,400 tablets of the drug in violation of the Narcotics Control Law, the largest amount of MDMA ever seized at the airport.

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Record volume of ecstasy pills seized at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Customs officials at Narita airport seize ecstasy tablets, known as MDMA, on May 16. In the first four months of this year, some 257,000 ecstasy tablets were seized, exceeding the total volume seized in the entire country last year. (Kyodo)

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Men nabbed for attempt to import drugs hidden in wrist watches

Cannabis resin and MDMA powder hidden in the face of wrist watches are shown to the press in Oita city on Oct. 22, 2015, by the Moji Customs in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Oita prefectural police arrested two men for their alleged involvement in having the illegal stimulants mailed from the Netherlands to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio bows to the press in an apparent gesture of apology for being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with, upon being released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio expresses his apology for being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with, upon being released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio is released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31, nearly a month after being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with in early August. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio admits to illegal drug use

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows actor and pop singer Manabu Oshio who, according to police sources Aug. 21, has withdrawn his earlier denial and now admits to using the synthetic drug MDMA. (Kyodo)

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4 held for alleged smuggling of 630 kg of drugs from Canada

OSAKA, Japan - Bagfuls of confiscated amphetamines, cannabis and synthetic drug MDMA on display at the Osaka Maritime Police Station on Aug. 13. Osaka police say they have arrested four Chinese on suspicion of involvement in smuggling 630 kilograms of amphetamines, cannabis and synthetic drug MDMA from Canada. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio served arrest warrant over woman's death

TOKYO, Japan - Police served a fresh arrest warrant on former actor and singer Manabu Oshio (in this undated file photo) on Jan. 4, 2010, for his alleged failure to act appropriately to save the life of a woman who died after he gave her the synthetic drug MDMA in August 2009. (Kyodo)

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Seized drugs on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police

TOKYO, Japan - Hemp and other illegal drugs along with other material evidence seized by police from New Zealander Hossein Rahmati, Rahmati's Japanese wife and three of their foreign associates in Tokyo on display at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Dec. 14. Tokyo police say 1 kilogram of hemp and cocaine and 90 tablets of MDMA drugs, worth about 30 million yen on the streets, have been seized. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio pleads guilty to drug use

TOKYO, Japan - A car believed to be carrying actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by camera crews and reporters as it arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009. Oshio pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to the charge of taking the synthetic drug MDMA in August. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio's 30-month term upheld over woman's drug death

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows actor Manabu Oshio. The Tokyo High Court on April 18, 2011, upheld Oshio's 30-month prison term for providing the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman and not taking proper actions when she became ill after taking it. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former actor Manabu Oshio. In February 2012, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, upholding a lower court ruling sentencing him to 30 months in prison for giving the synthetic drug MDMA, better known as Ecstasy, to a girlfriend and neglecting to take proper lifesaving actions when she became ill after consuming it. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling of MDMA to Japan

Photo taken Dec. 10, 2019, shows bags of the synthetic drug MDMA seized at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture. Hilmer Kai, a German citizen, was arrested on suspicion of smuggling about 9,900 tablets of MDMA to the airport in November, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smuggling of MDMA to Japan

Photo taken Dec. 10, 2019, shows bags of the synthetic drug MDMA seized at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture. Hilmer Kai, a German citizen, has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling about 9,900 tablets of MDMA to the airport in November, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-actor Oshio arrested for giving drugs to woman who died

TOKYO, Japan - Former actor-singer Manabu Oshio arrives at the Azabu Police Station in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2009, after being arrested on suspicion of giving the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman who was found dead after spending time with him at a Tokyo apartment in August. Oshio was given a suspended prison sentence for taking the drug by the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 2. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio arrested for giving drugs to woman who died

TOKYO, Japan - Former actor-singer Manabu Oshio arrives at the Azabu Police Station in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2009, after being arrested on suspicion of giving the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman who was found dead after spending time with him at a Tokyo apartment in August. Oshio was given a suspended prison sentence for taking the drug by the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 2. (Kyodo)

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Man caught trying to smuggle ecstasy into Japan

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer holds in his hand Sept. 27 tablets of methylene dioxy-methyl amphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, which an Israeli man attempted to smuggle into Japan earlier this month. David Bitton, 32, was taken into police custody for trying to smuggle 25,400 tablets of the drug in violation of the Narcotics Control Law, the largest amount of MDMA ever seized at the airport.