Overview

• Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office filed the indictment on September 22 for violating the Narcotics Control Law.
• The charge concerns approximately 0.392 grams of dried cannabis allegedly possessed at his home on September 3.
• Authorities shifted from an initial joint-possession arrest to a single-possession indictment, and the earlier joint-possession allegation was not pursued.
• NHK removed Shimizu from the cast of the morning drama Bakebake, which is scheduled to begin broadcasting on September 29.
• Investigative sources say he told police he first used cannabis at age 20 in the United States and reported using it several times per month this year, often at home.