[Tony G]

This is probably the biggest bombshell Ayu has had made public about her personal life - by no other than herself.

Japanese will probably turn to her music now to see if there's any 'hints' in her lyrics about this breakup. No doubt there will be - Ayu writes about her life. And this would have been a big part of it for the past year.

Blaming the earthquake for their divorce is.. I think there's much more to it than that. Surely they drifted apart for other reasons. As for wanting to stay in Japan.. well.. she's never expressed interest in entering any non-Asian markets. Don't know why she would decide to relocate to LA.