Well, singer Noriko Sakai has turned herself in to the authorities, admitting to using stimulant drugs with her husband for the past year. If I know anything about Japanese people, it will be time for her to show hansei, a word which can be translated as reflection, introspection, and contemplation about what you’ve done wrong. This concept is one that everyone living in Japan needs to understand, as it’s really an important part of human relationships here. It can open doors, like the time I took a trip to Guam without getting a required re-entry stamp in my password that I needed to get back into the country, so I used my Gaijin Bambi Eyes to get the Immigration staff to make an exception for me. More importantly, hansei is a device for communicating on a deeper level than mere words that you’ve done something wrong and are thinking seriously about it, which is a very Japanese thing to do.
Noriko Sakai falls from grace. I hope she comes out okay in the end somehow.
I’m depressed now. I think I’ll watch the Gunbuster opening theme, which she sang.
