外国のニュース記事って面白いね。
酒井法子の人物情報はまとめて書けば良さそうなものなのに、複数のパラグラフに断片的に（関係代名詞を使って）書かれている。
最初のパラグラフで「日本の歌手で、台湾や中国でも人気がある」、2パラグラフ目で「38歳」であること、6パラグラフ目で「庶民的なイメージで1980 – 90年代に人気を博した」、7パラグラフ目に「子供がいる」などなど。
そしてそれらの情報は、各パラグラフの内容とは、あまり関係がないのだ。
他の英文記事はあまり読んだことがないのだが、たいていこのような書かれ方をするんだろうか。
なお、80年代アイドルが大好きな当方にとっては、押尾学の事件よりも、酒井法子のことが非常に気になっているわけである。
Noriko Sakai missing after drug arrest of husband – Yahoo! News
TOKYO (AFP)
Japanese pop singer Noriko Sakai, who has enjoyed popularity in Taiwan and China, has gone missing after her surfer husband was arrested on a drug possession charge, her agent said Tuesday.
Sakai, 38, has not been seen and has not responded to repeated phone calls and e-mails since police found her husband late Sunday with illegal drugs, said Masahisa Aizawa, president of management agency Sun Music.
“A missing person’s report has been filed with the Akasaka precinct (police),” he said in a televised press conference.
“If Noriko is watching this, please know that we are worried so much and please talk to us,” he said.
Sakai, who became intensely popular for her girl-next-door image in the 1980s and the 1990s, went missing after her 41-year-old husband was arrested late Sunday for possession of “stimulants”, a Japanese category of hard drugs, that include amphetamines and methamphetamine.
Sakai, now a mother, is still popular both as an actress and singer and has her own line of clothes.
Japan strictly prohibits the possession of both hard and soft drugs. Drug use by celebrities like entertainers and athletes frequently makes national headlines.