Ex-professor at Japan's top-ranked university gets suspended sentence over adult entertainment bribes

VNExpress - Oct 24, 2026

The Tokyo District Court on Oct. 22 sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for accepting entertainment at high-end clubs and adult entertainment establishments as bribes from a research partner.

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