{
  "id": 16320761,
  "title": "Ex-professor at Japan's top-ranked university gets suspended sentence over adult entertainment bribes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/ex-professor-at-japans-top-ranked-university-gets-suspended-sentence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/crime/ex-professor-at-japan-s-top-ranked-university-gets-suspended-sentence-over-adult-entertainment-bribes-5136032.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tokyo District Court on Oct. 22 sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for accepting entertainment at high-end clubs and adult entertainment establishments as bribes from a research partner.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Woman left in Philippines after WWII gets Japan passport, eyes visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/woman-left-in-philippines-after-wwii-gets-japan-passport-eyes-visit",
        "published": "2026-10-24T08:00:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}