Overview
- President Teruo Fujii issued a public apology on Jan. 28 after dermatology professor Shinichi Sato was arrested last week on bribery allegations.
- Police suspect Sato accepted expensive meals, outings to hostess clubs and sexual services at soapland establishments in exchange for influence.
- A lawyer’s probe commissioned by the university found benefits flowed from February 2023 to September 2024, including luxury entertainment and sexual services.
- Tokyo prosecutors are investigating a former associate dermatology professor who worked with Sato and has since left the university.
- Sato is suspected of receiving favors from a group exploring CBD-based skin products, and the firm’s head later sought police help over an alleged extortion attempt, according to Asahi Shimbun reporting.