Noriko Sakai is going to college to study welfare
Pop idol-turned-actress Noriko Sakai, who was convicted of stimulant drug use and possession, has been accepted at a university in Gunma Prefecture to study welfare, the university said Tuesday.
The 38-year-old has passed the entrance examination for the social work department at Souzou Gakuen University (The University of Creation; Art, Music & Social Work) and has already completed admission procedures.
She will not attend classes but will study lessons the university offers through a computer, university officials said.
Sakai, who is now out of work, said during her recent trial at the Tokyo District Court that she wanted to study nursing care and promised never to use stimulant drugs again. The court sentenced her to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, on Monday.
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