Suntory Ex-CEO Hints at Effort to Clear Name After Police Raid

Takeshi Niinami, who resigned as chief executive of Suntory Holdings Ltd.’s after his home was searched for cannabis-based drugs, said in a published interview that he didn’t think the products he obtained were illegal, suggesting that he may seek to clear his name.

Police are investigating Niinami, 66, over supplements, Suntory President Nobuhiro Torii said at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. Local media said they were cannabidiol, or CBD, products, which are legal in Japan as long as they are completely free of tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, a psychoactive compound.

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