Takeshi Niinami, Chairman and CEO of beverage giant Suntory Holdings, has resigned following a police investigation into his purchase of supplements allegedly containing THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis. Niinami, one of Japan's most prominent business leaders, claims he believed the CBD supplements from the United States were legal when he purchased them to help with jet lag. — Read the rest

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