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  "id": 3958145,
  "title": "Ex-head of resignation assistance firm gets suspended sentence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ex-head-of-resignation-assistance-firm-gets-suspended-sentence-3958145",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/28/japan/crime-legal/former-proxy-quitting-head-sentence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tokyo District Court found Shinji Tanimoto and his wife, Shiori, guilty of earning profit from referring customers to lawyers without a license to practice law.",
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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."
}