From: Patrick Davin <patrick <at> RED <dot> ATR <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 13 jun 2002
Subject: Re: Has anybody seen Hayashiba Naoko lately?

In a vaguely shogi-related post, Sam writes,

>Shortly after the scandal involving Shogi Meijin Hayashiba Naoko, she
>dropped out of sight... Although she is reported to have fled to New York,
>nobody has seen her here.

She's been on TV recently, on at least one "celebrity" panel type show.
So she's a) not exactly in hiding and b) in Tokyo at least part of the time.