Japan benefits from a squeaky clean image. Like most of Asia, criminal behavior, especially violent crime, is relatively low. According to macrotrends.net, crime rates have…

Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward You might have heard the mantra, “We don’t have time to develop something new, let’s use medicines we already have.” Many…

I used to work at a college with an older ex-pat. He was a funny guy and the nicest person you’d ever want to meet….

Following the arrest of a Nihon University rugby club member for possession of marijuana, former actress turned marijuana legalization activist Saya Takagi has taken to…

Sawajiri Erika, a Japanese actress famous not only in Japan, but overseas too, was arrested for possessing MDMA and affirmed that she has been using…

The Shikoku Health and Welfare Bureau and local authorities announced on June 18th that a 27-year-old man has been arrested in Tokushima for possessing 50…

Laws governing cannabis in Japan are very strict. Illegal since 1948, the use and possession of cannabis are punishable by up to five years imprisonment…

Currently, quasi-legal drugs are a serious problem in Japan. Makers of these drugs find ‘loopholes’ in Japanese regulations to provide substances that are more dangerous…

Philani Dladla used to be a drug-addict living on the streets of Johannesburg. “You don’t have to be rich to save the world,” says the…

A bunch of policemen tries to detain this guy, but he never seems to give up and resist from getting handcuffed. According to Ricky Martinez,…