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The Tokyo District Court handed down a suspended sentence in a trial in which pianist Kyohei Kanda was charged with violating the Road Traffic Act for driving a car at a speed of 144 kilometers per hour above the speed limit of 84 kilometers on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway.
Japanese public opinion
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A suspended sentence feels far too light for speeding like this; it should have been harsher.
Speeding like this happens all the time on expressways, so the punishment and coverage seem excessive.
Compared with other celebrity cases, the ruling looks inconsistent and unfair.
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