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In July 2002 he published a book, "Self-destruction -The Judgement Day-" (自爆 -The Judgement Day-, Jibaku -The Judgement Day-?), in which he talks about the scandal, his family, life in jail and his comeback to the entertainment world. He confessed to using amphetamines in the book, stating that his first drug use was in Hawaii in April 1998. However, he contradicted this statement when he said that "I used amphetamines and marijuana first in Hawaii in May 1991" in a second trial on December 17, 2004. He also said that his first amphetamine use in Japan was in April, 2001.
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