actress famous in Asia for her sweet, girl-next-door image was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for using illegal stimulants in the latest celebrity drugs case in Japan. The court handed down an 18-month jail term, suspended for three years, to 38-year-old Noriko Sakai, who shot to fame in the late 1980s with pop songs and later turned to acting. Prosecutors had demanded 18 months in prison. Her trial has attracted intense media and public attention. More than 3,000 people queued up in a park near the courtroom for one of the 21 gallery tickets to see the verdict,
