It’s not though. It is completely different than America in so many ways that is is virtually impossible to explain to someone who has never lived here.
Her CDs will be back on the shelves in a week or so. I do not think this is going to kill her career although she is probably going to have to publically apologize to her fans and express sincere remorse.
I am SAFE in Tokyo. There is nowhere in this city that I would fear to walk at night. Or, if there are, they are so far off the beaten path of normal life I could probably never find them anyhow.
Japan is... Japan.
If anything, if I were her relatives, I would put her on suicide watch once released. She already threatened it the first day of her going missing...as intimated to her mother in law or grandmother by phone, I forget which one.
The safety factor is what’s really ‘weird’ about Japan. Can’t think of another non-communist country where you can safely walk in almost any part of its major city.