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Originally Posted by maikaru
And yes, Tsuyoshi DID get away with it. He has new dramas and back on his programs already, and feels like no penalty was issued, and no drawback from the public.
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This is the only statement I disagree with really. I don't see how he got away with it at all. The normal punishment for this type of thing is often times nothing - at worst, a night in the drunk tank. Tsuyoshi on the other hand was arrested, night in the drunk tank, press conference and public apology, massive public humiliation, loss of millions of dollars, apartment raided, suspension from all work for a month and is still on a semi-suspension. I don't see any of that as "getting away with it" - his punishment was worse than what the average person would get. The only reason why it was relatively "short" is because the public actually realized this time how much the situation was being blown out of proportion by the media and demanded his return.
Koda Kumi's situation was a major overreaction as well, no doubt about it. But that more has to do with a different mentality that Japanese have when it comes to that type of thing. I have a friend that is a 50 year old housewife in Japan, and even she told me she didn't think Koda should be forgiven, I was like "WHAT?" haha. But the two situations are totally different (as is this one with Avex and Ayu) - my main point is just that all of them are overreactions and no one has gotten away punishment free.
Oh, and the Komuro thing. There was an article a little while back that Avex's lawyer bailed him out and he was given a management position within Avex. And his drug issues have been quite well publicized in Japan since the late-90s.