{
  "id": 16032301,
  "title": "Ex-Univ. of Tokyo Professor Gets Suspended Sentence over Bribing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ex-univ-of-tokyo-professor-gets-suspended-sentence-over-bribing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T09:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102200771/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined him about 1.83 million yen for accepting bribes over a joint research project at the university's graduate school. According to the ruling, the 63-year-old former professor, Shinichi Sato, received a total of about 1.83 mi...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}