Ep 66: Profiles in Yuuki (Aiko Tanaka, Rick Hall & Yoshi)

After some small talk, Aiko Tanaka, Rick Hall and I jumped into the meat of our conversation about Ms Ikumi Yoshimatsu, the first Japanese woman to win the Miss International title - and her ordeals after she refused to signed with a mob-connected talent agency in Japan. Watch her brave public speech at the link below. We also spoke of the importance of “gai-atsu” (foreign pressure) and briefly discussed Jake Adelstein's Japan Times piece. I sincerely urge all of you to join the petition to fight and punish stalkers in Japan.

Here's Jake Adelstein's article about Ms. Yoshimatsu and her stalker problem:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/01/national/war-against-stalkers-broadens-its-aims

I hope you will sign and support Ms Ikumi Yoshimatsu's petition!
http://www.change.org/petitions/stalker-zero-end-the-japanese-culture-of-silence-toward-crimes-against-women

Please follow Rick Hall @toestubber, and Aiko Tanaka @aikotanaka.

The heroes...

Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Norio Nishikawa (lawyer) and Jake Adelstein at her press conference; please watch:
http://youtu.be/gism4R57Tkg?t=8m38s