I think it's awesome they're doing a statue while she's Alive (starts singin')... because she finally (starts singin') realizes that she is THAT important, she is THE legend of Jpop and so everyone else can realize that too. For me it's quite a shame that 99,9% of the people that got huge tributes like a statue are dead.
But a church? Really? That's extreme... and I want to visit.
About PAST<FUTURE, the only reason I can find is that she was hoping it to be a million seller after BEST FICTION success(?) or she was forced to record it... even tho, it's her best selling album after GENIUS 2000, it rose her popularity all over Asia more than BEST FICTION and even Uncontrolled receiving A LOT of promotion, it couldn't match PF sales
My dream was to see Namie performing Steal My Night, Defend Love and WILD one last time... and LOVE GAME, FIRST TIMER with the rap, MY LOVE and COPY THAT with that break, why not? @_@'