The Tokyo District Court sentenced actor Yusuke Iseya, 44, to a year in prison suspended for three years for possessing cannabis at his Tokyo home.[1] The ruling said he kept four packets holding a total of 13.17 grams of dried marijuana there on 8 September.[1] Presiding judge Murata Chikako said the amount was large and his admitted history of use showed deep involvement with the drug, but suspended the term because he understood the impact on his work and pledged to stay away from drugs.[1]
Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Organised Crime Countermeasures Division 5 had searched Iseya’s flat in Meguro that September and arrested him on the spot for violating the Cannabis Control Law.[2] Iseya, known for the film version of Rurouni Kenshin and the 2019 hit Fly Me to the Saitama, began acting while studying at Tokyo University of the Arts.[1] After the ruling he said he was sorry from the bottom of his heart for betraying people’s trust and causing worry and trouble.[1]
