Two days ago, tokyohive reported that 16 high school students got food poisoning from eating at former Morning Musume�s Fujimoto Miki-produced restaurant Yakiniku Miki-tei. Regarding this recent trouble, Fujimoto Miki published an apology statement on her official blog.

This post, posted on the morning of June 9th, stated, �I pray from my heart that those customers will get better even one day faster. Also, we apologize for the inconvenience and concern to our other customers. We sincerely apologize for this matter,� and made a public apology on her blog.

Furthermore, although Fujimoto is labeled as the �producer� for this restaurant chain on their homepage, Fujimoto explained her relationship with the restaurant, saying, �I am the image character for this chain as assigned through my agency.� In addition, she explains that she does not participate in the management of this restaurant and said, �I feel bad that a restaurant with my name has caused this kind of incident. I feel bad for what had happened,� and revealed her thoughts about this incident.

Source: MSN