Overview
- The Tokyo District Court delivered the not‑guilty verdict on February 6 under Presiding Judge Katsuko Mukai.
- Defendant Yusuke Hashimoto, 49, formerly led hepatobiliary‑pancreatic medicine at the National Cancer Center Hospital East in Kashiwa, Chiba.
- Prosecutors alleged Zeon Medical sent him about ¥1.46 million in 2020 and about ¥1.68 million in 2021 tied to his use of its stents.
- The prosecution had sought two years and six months in prison and roughly ¥3.15 million in forfeiture.
- No immediate appeal was reported, and a separate bribery case against a former Zeon Medical president remains in trial.