After being charged with drug use and possession, Sakai Noriko has been released on bail for the last two weeks. Upon her release, she checked herself into a hospital in Tokyo. Her hospital stay has allowed her some privacy from reporters, as well as the opportunity to receive treatment for drug addiction and psychological counseling. After staying two weeks, the day before yesterday prior to noon, news of her secretly leaving the hospital began to spread. According to those in the inner circle, on the day of, she had left the hospital before eating breakfast and exited through a secret passageway. However, Sakai has not returned to her residence in Tokyo’s Setagaya. Reporters on the stake out there ended up waiting for nothing. (more…)