Yahoo Singapore also publish about this -
https://sg.style.yahoo.com/j-pop-leg...032007704.html
My family buys The Strait Times everyday & this appeared at the last page of the Life entertainment section which I took
Honestly I feel really horrible for Ayu . My family has a history of hearing problems (my late paternal grandfather had hearing problems , so does my dad & myself) so I know that feeling too well
And knowing that now Ayu is in the process of going to be completely deaf coupled with knee problems , it's just so awful
In 2008 Ayu lost her left ear hearing and ironically this's happening all over again , only a lot more worst which's a downright terrible way in welcoming her 20th anniversary :x
On a side note , I frankly feel that the Singapore local media do not respect Japanese musicians to a certain extent because only big worthy news (when SMAP disbanded , X JAPAN's Yoshiki had his surgery) , they will publish
Aside from that , no