
Diana Yukawa
MDN: Young violinist calls for people to invest in her borrowed ancient violin
An English music dealer loaned her the violin last year after noticing her talent, but interest in the violin, whose value is increasing year by year, is high, and the dealer wants it back this month.
Because of this, Yukawa has made a call for people to help her financially so she can keep the instrument, which she says is part of her.
"It would be good even if we could get an emergency loan so that the loan period could be extended," a representative for Yukawa said. Telephone inquiries about investments in the violin can be made (in Japanese) at (042) 788-4518.
The original Maiinichi article mentions that Yukawa became known because her father was killed in the 1985 JAL crash but the story is a little more interesting than that.
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Mr Yukawa's Japanese wife had suffered a brain injury in a car crash. He started an affair with an English dancer in London and had two children with her. When he died in the crash, JAL did not offer compensation to the two girls because their mother was not married to Yukawa. JAL even suggested that the children might not be his - Diana was born a few months after the crash. It took a visit to Japan 16 years later and a lot of international press coverage before JAL relented.