[Kazuko]

TRANSLATIONS OF ARTICLE #1:

There have been rumors of Ayumi retiring. During her concert, 2 nights ago, at the Arena Tour, more than 10 thousand fans attended her concert. She displays one of her best performances, there were many costumes such as an oriental style, princess style, SM style and much more.

The fan's excitement made her so happy she cried. At the concert, she said " This is my 7th year in the music industry and this makes me so happy."

A reporter says that she [ayumi] acted as if she was about to retire with the way she spoke and also by her actions. Ayumi did mention that if she and Tomoya Nagase do get married she would like to retire and the reporters believe this is the reason to why she cried.

TRANSLATIONS OF ARTICLE #2:

Towards the end of the concert, she put down her mic in a "I'm retiring" sort of manner.

[Daily Sun's Special News] - Lately, there has been some negative news about Ayumi. There was a rumor about her boyfriend having an affair with some other lady, causing him to dump her. Another rumor is she is retiring.

(This paragraph is roughly the same as the beginning about the whole mic thing > < it's not that important)

On the internet, some people have been saying how her latest work were not too good, as in they suck. (XD)

However, toward the highest moment of the concert all the fans motivated Ayumi to get more and more happy to the point that she could not bare it any more and said (while crying at the same time) " I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS HAPPY MOMENT!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! WE WILL MEET AGAIN!!" When Ayumi said this, all the fans got so excited and started chanting " AYU! AYU! AYU!"

So to wrap it up, they[reporters] basically believe that she will either retire because she is getting married or because most of her fans think her music is no longer as good as it used to be and what not.

Translator's note : I'm sorry everyone, I tried my best -__-;; If there are any confusions or if I made any mistakes please feel free to correct me. Thanks! And uh.. I hope this stuff isn't true.. cause it'll make me so sad if Ayu retires. =/