Japan is crazy serious about their drug stuff. It's incredibly dumb.
Why is it dumb again? I thought drugs were outlawed in Japan as well.
Because all this fuss just for some cocaine is dumb.
I get this but would you want your company to be associated with cocaine? Especially when your main selling IP is targetted at kids (Sonic)? Cut those ties off. It's basic PR #101.
I think a statement would've been enough: "We condemn yadda yadda, we were just as shocked as you etc etc ".
To be honest i find all this kind of shit dumb on principle, as a consumer i have no delusion that plenty of people at companies involved in children's product and entertainment, don't blow coke off of a hooker's tits every Sunday, nor do i care, but i get that it's more of a formal thing.
On that level i get it, but again, this seems way overboard given the offense, it's not like this guy had a rape dungeon or something.