Ayu in Oriental Daily 15/3/05

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Title: not involved in tsunami aid, mean ayumi loses points
amuro scatters money around, her kind acts win the hearts of people

Text: ayu and namie intensely competed against each other for years, and the sales of records have increasingly diverged. However, namie wins the hearts of the people because she does a lot of charity work. Her rival, ayu, occupies herself with money making. This causes a poor impression amongst the people.

namie donated 10m yen to help the tsunami disaster victims in southern asia. Her overwhelming enthusiasm won a lot of praise from the japanese press. in early february, namie went to thailand to perform for 'MTV Asia Aid' to appeal for donation. In addition, when namie was popular, she donated a percentage of her record proceeds to the charity. When she went to taiwan and korea for tours last year, she also donated 5m yen to the local charities. this proves that she has always een generous when it comes to charity.

the japanese press speculates that namie, the mother of one knows how important family warmth is due to the trauma of her mother being murdered. Hence, she is particularly generous when it comes to helping the orphans of the tsunami disaster.

ayu, who is also on the avex label, earns astronomical sums each year. howeer, she rarely participates in charity work, not even the tsunami disaster which shocked the world. ayu's selfish behaviour naturally came under attack.