[/floatr]Erika Sawajiri, the haafu actress who was at the centre of a minor controversy last year when her moody and unresponsive behaviour at a press conference drew widespread criticism, has returned to Japan after spending three months in London where she took some English lessons. The trip was part of an effort to keep her out of the limelight - and further trouble - while the dust settled. When she appeared in the arrival lobby at Narita with her boyfriend, who had joined her for a holiday, some items fell from her bag and the waiting press corps heard her say "Oh shit". ZakZak (Japanese) quotes one entertainment reporter who thinks that "shit" is American English and suggests that, with all that time to study in London, "bloody" would have been more appropriate. "Shit", she goes on to say, is more commonly used by girls working in Britain's sex industry. A statement which proves that the she hasn't the first idea about British profanities.
