Following a report by "Shuukan Bunshun" in their 15 March issue, Johnny's Jimusho confirmed on 14 March that Kimura Takuya has his driving licence suspended due to two speeding offences. The offences took place respectively in September last year at an expressway in Chiba Prefecture and in January this year in Tokyo. In both instances, Kimura was driving at more than 20km/h faster than the speed limit. He had been fined for both offences and due to the repeat offence in Jan, his licence has since been suspended.
Kimura apologised for his actions and promised not to do it again. Johnny's Jimusho also said that they had given a stern warning to Kimura regarding this matter. Despite this, Toyota has no plans to drop Kimura as their CM personality even though they expressed regret to know that he had been involved in such traffic offences. They also said that they have no intention of cancelling his CM deal or suspend the airing of his CMs for now.
Source: Nikkansports
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Well, if Shuukan Bunshun didn't report this, it might have been likely that the public would not have heard about it at all. And Toyota's response was kinda expected given the popularity Kimura enjoys. If it had been a less popular celebrity, the CM deal may be cancelled as soon as the matter comes to light, I guess.
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