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New Straits Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Ryoko Hirosue diagnosed with bipolar disorder
TOKYO: Weeks after allegedly assaulting a nurse, Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue has announced that she will be suspending all entertainment activities to focus on her health issues. An official site for the 44-year-old star posted a notice on May 2 explaining that Hirosue has been receiving treatment at a hospital in Tokyo after she was released from police custody on April 16. She was arrested on April 8 for allegedly attacking a nurse at a hospital where she was taken to following a car accident. The notice, put up by Hirosue's agency R.H., said that she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition characterised by extreme mood swings, and hyperthyroidism, a condition that can lead to unintended weight loss and heart palpitations. "We deeply regret how both Hirosue herself and the people around her dismissed her illness and suffering as simply poor health. Hirosue will now take a break from all entertainment activities and focus on recovering her mental and physical health for the time being," the agency said. It added that the disclosure of Hirosue's illness was not to escape accountability for her legal troubles. The agency also said: "We will continue to sincerely cooperate with the police in all their investigations." Hirosue's suspension comes after a string of bad press for the star, who rose to fame in the 1990s with TV series such as Beach Boys (1997) and I Love My Dad More Than Anything In The World (1998). She has also starred in films like the Oscar-winning Departures (2008). Aside from the alleged assault, Hirosue was exposed in June 2023 by Japanese tabloids for an extramarital affair with Japanese chef Shusaku Toba, 46. She announced her divorce from her husband, Japanese artist Jun Izutsu, 51, a month later. Hirosue and Izutsu have a son, 14, and a daughter, nine. She also has a 21-year-old son from her first marriage to Japanese designer Takahiro Okazawa, 49. The scandal caused her then-agency Flamme, which had represented her for 25 years, to suspend her activities indefinitely. They parted ways in February 2024 and she set up her own agency R.H.
Straits Times
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue to suspend activities after bipolar diagnosis
TOKYO - Weeks after allegedly assaulting a nurse, Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue has announced that she will be suspending all entertainment activities to focus on her health issues. An official site for the 44-year-old star posted a notice on May 2 explaining that Hirosue has been receiving treatment at a hospital in Tokyo after she was released from police custody on April 16. She was arrested on April 8 for allegedly attacking a nurse at a hospital where she was taken to following a car accident. The notice, put up by Hirosue's self-founded agency R.H., said she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition characterised by extreme mood swings, and hyperthyroidism, a condition that can lead to unintended weight loss and heart palpitations. 'We deeply regret how both Hirosue herself and the people around her dismissed her illness and suffering as simply 'poor health'. Hirosue will now take a break from all entertainment activities and focus on recovering her mental and physical health for the time being,' the agency said. It added that the disclosure of Hirosue's illness is not to escape accountability for her legal troubles. The agency also said: 'We will continue to sincerely cooperate with the police in all their investigations.' Hirosue's suspension comes after a string of bad press for the star, who rose to fame in the 1990s with TV series such as Beach Boys (1997) and Sekai De Ichiban Papa Ga Suki (I Love My Dad More Than Anything In The World, 1998). She has also starred in films like the Oscar-winning Departures (2008). Aside from the alleged assault, Hirosue was exposed in June 2023 by Japanese tabloids for an extramarital affair with Japanese chef Shusaku Toba, 46. She announced her divorce from her husband, Japanese candle artist Jun Izutsu, 51, a month later . Hirosue and Mr Izutsu have a son, 14, and a daughter, nine. She also has a 21-year-old son from her first marriage to Japanese designer Takahiro Okazawa, 49. The scandal caused her then-agency Flamme, which had represented her for 25 years, to suspend her activities indefinitely. They parted ways in February 2024 and she set up her own agency R.H. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
National News
26-03-2025
- Politics
- National News
Rajji meets French Envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian
NNA - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Youssef Rajji, on Wednesday received French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian and his accompanying delegation. The meeting was held at the ministry, after which Le Drian departed without making any public statement. =========R.H.
National News
21-03-2025
- Politics
- National News
Israeli forces restrict Palestinian worshipers access to Al-Aqsa Mosque on third Friday of Ramadan
NNA - Israeli occupation forces imposed strict restrictions on the entry of Palestinian Muslim worshipers coming from the West Bank to the occupied city of Jerusalem to perform the third Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Local sources reported a significant deployment of Israeli troops around the Qalandiya checkpoint to the north of Jerusalem, the Zeitoun checkpoint to the east, and Bethlehem to the south. Thousands of worshippers were turned back and denied access to the city under the pretext of not having the necessary permits. The soldiers further checked citizens' IDs and prevented men under the age of 55 and women under the age of 50 who had obtained "special permits" from entering Jerusalem. Despite this, thousands of citizens have poured through the checkpoints since this morning in an attempt to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sources added that the occupation forces closed the gates of the Qalandia military checkpoint and prevented anyone from entering for about half an hour before reopening them. They detained a journalist and interrogated him on the spot after obstructing the work of the press crews at the site. The occupation authorities have already been imposing strict restrictions on entry of worshipers to the Old City of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque since the outbreak of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people in early October 2023.--WAFA ============R.H.
National News
14-03-2025
- Politics
- National News
Sunday, March 16, 2025
NNA - Time Topic 10:00 am Grand public festival organized by the Progressive Socialist Party to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the assassination of Kamal Jumblatt in Moukhtara. The event will include a speech by former party leader Walid Jumblatt. ==========R.H.
