Thread:Hyocaso/@comment-28818979-20170607032631/@comment-28209103-20170608070326

Temporary leave due to illness and focusing on health recovery are pretty common excuse for japanese celebrity and politicians to take a break or resign from their work without much public scrunity.. It's not like I doubt that she actually ill rather it's the usual case of the boy who cried wolf.. such excuse are repeated way too oftenthat you can no longer take it as face value anymore.

It's not like the actual reason matters tho, if they wish to take a break for any reason then I can understand and accept it. All I want to point out is that you can't take the "leaving for illness" reason too literally on japanese society, there have been case of politician resign using that excuse to protect his dignity, My jap professor told me that it's one of the few common method for public figure to subtly take a break from work or resign.