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Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:38 am TWN, AFP

Japan pop star Sakai gets suspended jail term

TOKYO -- Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai was on Monday handed a suspended jail term of 18 months for illegal drug use in a case that sparked a media frenzy and had thousands gathering outside the court house.

Sakai, 38, is a former teenage pop idol turned actress with fans in Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan, who parlayed her girl-next-door and later perfect-mom image into top acting roles and lucrative advertising deals.

She was caught in August - a week after the arrest of her surfer-husband on drugs charges - in possession of 0.008 grams of an unidentified illegal stimulant and later pleaded guilty to drug use and possession.

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