[JAPAN] Koda Kumi and Suzuki Ami top last week’s entertainment news

February 9, 2008 by Dennis Amith

Mainichi Daily News reported, “Female singer Kumi Koda’s apology over her bizarre comment about “rotten” fluid in the uteruses of 30-something women snared attention in the Mainichi’s Japanese-language entertainment news during the week between Feb. 2 and 8, along with news on prizewinning and birthday celebrities.”"On Thursday, 25-year-old Koda appeared in a Fuji TV news program and made a tearful apology, saying, “I think the way I spoke was really not good … I’m sorry.” The apology followed an earlier, unusual comment that a woman’s amniotic fluid — the intrauterine liquid in which a fetus lives until birth - goes “rotten” once she hits 35 years of age.”

“Koda appeared wearing a black suit, with a haggard expression on her face. Fuji TV officials said the interview with Koda was conducted the previous day at the company over a period of one hour.”

“Singer Ami Suzuki, who belongs to the same record company as Koda, also featured in the entertainment news as she held a countdown on Friday evening to mark her 26th birthday on Saturday.”

“Speaking on her goals after turning 26, she said, “I want to transform myself into a beautiful woman and go on a good date. My type is someone like (veteran comedian) Ken Shimura. If he proposed to me I can’t say how things might turn out.”