TOKYO, Apr 12 (News On Japan) –
Police have arrested the president of Kanetanaka, a prestigious kaiseki restaurant considered considered one of Japan’s prime three ryotei, on suspicion of possessing stimulants and marijuana.
Shingo Okazoe, 63, is the fourth-generation president of Kanetanaka, a high-end conventional restaurant group founding within the Taisho period identified for its historic status, together with serving quite a few prime ministers and enterprise leaders.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, Okazoe was present in possession of 0.6 grams of stimulants and roughly 1 gram of dried marijuana inside a parked automotive within the Shinbashi space on October 1st. Following his arrest, investigators searched his dwelling on October ninth, the place they seized further packets of stimulants and a selfmade pipe used for inhalation.
Kanetanaka operates a number of places, together with in Ginza and Kita-Aoyama, and maintains a status for serving elite clientele. Okazoe’s arrest has despatched shockwaves via the business, though some who know him have been much less shocked.
“He lives in a different world, so I guess these things felt closer to him,” stated one individual conversant in the restaurant. Another man, who spoke with Okazoe over the telephone three days in the past, remarked, “He didn’t seem unusual at all. I’m truly shocked.”
Okazoe has admitted to the costs. Police at the moment are investigating how he obtained the unlawful substances.
Source: FNN