ritalynn comments

He's a good looking man. I've seen better looking Japanese men but still, very nice. And he's 49!?! Damn, that's a good 49!

And for the guys who have a problem with the ladies gushing over him, get over it, you would be doing the same thing if it was a hot chick, what's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose!

I never watched Lost, but i might have to check it out now.

No need to guess. She gave a reason. She stated in a written e-mail to Savoie that she was afraid of watching her children become American and losing their Japanese identities.

That's understandable. She still shouldn't have took them but but I can understand her reasons. It doesn't sounds like her reason was selfish.

LFRAgain, you say we shouldn't judge them but you turn around and say she took the kids because she was selfish. How do you know that? there could be many reason why she took the kids. Maybe she wanted to go back home and didn't want to leave them, maybe she thought he would try to shut her out of their lives. what she did was wrong but don't think it's because she's a heartless woman who doesn't care about anyone else but herself.

I never said he brought her to the US to dump her, i think he went home for the divorce because he knew he had a better chance to see his kids, which is understandable. I said IF he did it just to divorce without her knowledge he was wrong.

The more I learn about this story the more I realize is that neither party is as bad as the other party is making them out to be. It's just they handled their situation the wrong way.

He wanted a divorce but he knew that if he gotten one in Japan, he wouldn't see his kids, so he went to the US to get it done. I understand that, but if he had just sit down and talked to her, they may have came up with a solution that might have worked out for the both of them. I know that Japan rewards custody to only one parent but I'm thinking that if both parents made arrangements that both parties agreed to, the courts would have allow it.

Now she was dragged to another county that she may have known little about and then pretty much dumped there. I don't know how much of the language she knows but the only people she know may have been him and the new wife. And it's not easy making friends, especially if you know little about the country you're in. So here she is, maybe alone, maybe depressed, longing to be with her family and friends back in Japan, but if she goes home, she would have to leave her kids, and she doesn't want to do that. I understand why she did what she did but once again, it was the wrong thing to do, and once again, this may have been resolved if both parents simply sat down and talked to each other.

In the end, both parties were wrong. I think both parties did what they thought was their only option.

Now I will say this, if he brought her to US knowing he was divorcing her and marring someone else, then he was wrong. If they came to America knowing they were divorcing because the marriage wasn't going anywhere, that's one thing. But if her just dumped her on foreign soil just so he can marry his new lady, that's cruel.

He is the victim of a racist Japanese family court system and no political will to change

And she was a victim of an American divorce system. She was in a foreign contry and had no way to defend herself or understand her rights as the mother.

It sounds like this man is not as innocent as he want us to believe. While in Japan he did everything he could to be Japanese but once he left, he dropped all of that and became a 'proud American' again so he can use the system in his favor. If he indeed dragged that woman back to the US just so he can continue his affair and rid himself of her without losing his kids(which may have happen if he stayed in japan) then he deserves what is happening to him.

I'm not saying she was right in what she did, but I could see where she may have felt trapped in the US. Did she have any friends? A way to provide for herself and her kids? People who were looking out for her? Probably not. He was moving on with his life, she was stuck. He used both the US and Japanese government to get his way and now it's biting him on the ass.

His biggest mistake was taking the kids out of the blue. To everyone else, it looks like a kidnapping, and that doesn't help his case. What he should have done was bring his lawyer from the US, get a Japanese lawyer, and go to the courts. Some may say that wouldn't work but hey, his way didn't exactly go well either.

I could understand why Japan won't sign, you don't want to force anyone back into an abusive relationship, but something like this needs to be looked at by a case by case basis.

I saw on the news that he believed that she would try something like this, which makes me wonder why he even let her go in the first place, he could have gotten an order to make her relinquish her passport.

Dad took it too far, but it's understandable why he was angry. I wouldn't want a 38 year old around my 16 year old daughter either.

What is a race queen?

Okay I love cats as much as the next person but I don't think that there is a need for killing another person over them.

And another thing, how do we know if the cats weren't captured, neutered and released? The story doesn't say that.

how will his fans benefit? and note the long and exhaustive list of symptoms and prognosis - typical J hypochondria.

For the record, he's had back and neck problem before, so he's not making things up. I just think he's being a bit over the top.

She looks like such a joy to be around, shame the marrage didn't work.

okay Um, Yoshiki, you're not dying, it just a bad back, no need to get all dramatic.

I do hope he gets well.

I'm waiting for the people who feel the cops should have shot a 74 year man.

I don't pay attention to female Japanese singers so I can't compare her to them.

I don't like her, why such a big deal over it, I didn't say she sucked, just that she isn't all that.

Sorry norinrad21, but I had to be honest. I didn't say she was ugly, that would be mean and petty and completely untrue, but she isn't the great singer everyone's making her out to be.

True talent? Please, while she can sing there are way better singer than her!

I think it's nice, something I wouldn't do myself but to each his on. As for her legs, she's pregnant people! Some women body parts swell up during a pregnancy, it's natural.

And just because she's taking a picture doesn't mean she's selfish, maybe she wants a memento of a wonderful time in her life.

why do famous people marry commoners? because they are commoners with fancy bags, nothing more.

typical jsnot thinking she is all that and a bag of chips. had she been something special, he would not have been out with a crack whore.

thinking of the kid? wouldnt buy that if you threw in the ginzu steak knive set. the most used words by jbirds are shikaishi and choudai.

enjoy your life Akiko, he is better off without you

So you're saying she should stay with a low-life loser who not only cheated on her but left a woman to die?

Some men are jerks, they can have a good woman at home and still cheat.

She's better off without him. It's sad that this woman not only has to deal with her ex-husband's mess and a small child, but now she being treated like the bad guy simply for divorcing him, which I'm sure a lot of women would do in this case.

He's the criminal, not her.

For the record, she was already split from her husband because of the affairs.

And why should she stand by him? He clearly didn't care enough about his marriage to stay faithful, and she has more important things to consider, like her child.

She did the right thing. Better to cut him off now than to sink down with him.

And for those who say 'stand by your man' you have to show that you ARE a man!

Her #1 concern should be for her child, not the dirt bag she married. I don't blame for distancing herself, he isn't worth the effort.

But the cops should have been more discreet, she did nothing wrong and there is a child to consider.

I'm not a prude, the outfit is ugly and classless. A woman can be sexy without a ton of makeup and her ass hanging out!

And there is a difference between a swim suit and that.

"The conservative and fashion-dinosaurs are criticizing her costume"

It's not about old Japan VS. new Japan, the costume was ugly, pure and simple. On top of that, it's completely classless.

They didn't have to go floor length, it could have ended right above the knee and look just as good.

For the record, we don't even know if the woman mentioned in the story is the mother. They just said a young woman wasn't feeling well, not that it looked liked she gave birth.

Okay the pic is about the car, but they give more attention to what the model is wearing.

And to be fair i'm sure it wasn't her choice to wear that coat.

I think some people want to see only the bad in japan. I see a nice afternoon in Ginza, a man walking with his child, he's giving his child space to explore and at the same time, protecting him from harm. I see a woman out on an afternoon stroll with her dogs, she's obeying the laws and cleaning up after them. I see people walking down the street, shopping, talking, seeing the sights, have a wonderful time on a nice summer day.

it's sad that a nice scene like that has to be bashed by people who only want to see the negative.

The cop did his job, i don't blame him for not apologizing. Gates was a fool pure and simple, and the only person who's making this about race is him.

The sad thing is she's already a beautiful young woman, why is she cheapening herself like this. There are many ways to be sexy and classy and this isn't one of them.

Pretty boy? Where is THAT a pretty boy?!?