I love the politeness in Japan, but dear god I hate it when if you make the slightest mistake, not even of your own fault sometimes, japan's news will just jump on you and point the finger like you've done the worst thing ever and deserve to be punished. :/ I mean, even with Koda's scandal (which I noticed had been brought up), she didn't intentionally mean to hurt people at all. And I didn't find it offensive at all. She was just trying to help her manager decide when to have her baby by stating what she thought was a scientific fact. And of course tabloids and people who dislike Koda, used this chance to write hell about it. She had to make a public apology, and was demanded to explain why she said it on TV (or she offered), cancelled all of her promotions, had to apologize on her tour on stage before she performed, and then put herself into solitude for a month, as another apology. I mean, you'd never see a western artist have to do all that? You get western artists that ***** about each other all the time (Katy Perry even *****ed about one of Lee Hyori's songs not long ago), but if you did that in Japan you'd lose your head. Like someone said, it's the one thing with Japan culture that sometimes irks me. I love politeness and respect to people and your peers but there is a limit.
I really don't see how Avex could punish Ayu for not being PHYSICALLY able to catch a plane....I quite dubious as to what's truth when it comes to tabloids, and I don't really believe the AKB48 rumor either. To be honest I think Ayu was just looking forward to singing Beloved, no matter what time slot she was in. So missing her performance and being ill...she must be very bummed out.
I hope people ignore the tabloids and Avex does not stress her out anymore than she is with punishment (considering that they already made a statement saying she was stressed), the poor woman is very ill, I don't think they would do anything to make her health even worse.
And I think I would explode with anger if I saw any tabloid being cruel about namie's mum's death. I would find that very hypocritical considering they seem to write hell about anyone who does a seemingly 'rude' comment, like koda, if they were doing it themselves. XD
(Sorry for essay, tabloids irk me, hahaha.)