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My theory:
There is 3 more years for Tokyo Olympics but Japan already started the promotional activites for it since 2016. By now the Olympics comittee must have already decided the opening act, and guess what, it won't be Namie Amuro, even if she did a huge wink at Tokyo 2020 with the promotional campain around her previous single "Hero". On the other hand Namie has a vast trayectory, probably she has fulfilled most of her wishes regarding on producing music but also -and not less important- she is pissed off at Tokyo 2020 comittee or Avex for doing this shade on her and she quit mainly because a lack of motivation (she doesn't have much else to do when she has done practically everything, artistically talking).
Now, personally, it is a huge demotivation for me that Namie won't do the 2020 Olympics opening show, on her place it will be probably either AKB48 or Arashi (not to mention ayu because I'd love her to do it but she is no longer widely popular as Namie Amuro is now).
Also, I will tell people don't panic, Namie won't disappear from the radar as Avex will constantly release more music. For example the label of the artist ZARD (R.I.P.) who passed away 10 years ago keep releasing new material, ZARD was even the top 5 best-selling female artist of 2016 because of this. So, we will eventually get new material (new versions, unreleased songs, remixes, tributes and rare collaborations) from time to time and I'm sure Avex will release wonderful boxsets and everything they can out of Namie's discography.
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