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The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced the representative of the Japan Cosmetic Association to one year in prison for bribery linked to joint research with the University of Tokyo.
Judge Hiroshi Ikegami issued the sentence with a three-year suspension, ruling that defendant Koichi Hikichi, 52, provided two former professors of the prestigious national university with lavish entertainment in exchange for favor in arranging the research.
Hikichi admitted to the charges in earlier proceedings, saying…