The news has just been coming out for this but it is being reported that Ryo has caused a traffic accident. It's nothing major injury-wise as the only one person is being reported to have minor injuries, which is a 60 year old woman. And thankfully there is no mention of even the suspicion of drunk driving, as in Japan they are very strict with that and people lose their jobs over it.
As it just happened Johnny's hasn't announced anything yet in the way of punishment for Ryo. After some brief research it seems SMAP member, Goro, once caused a traffic accident himself for which he was suspended from activities for 6 months. Hopefully that will be the worst Ryo may face, even though it will suck for the two groups he's in, with Kanjani8 releasing an album and NEWS not releasing anything yet this year. I wonder if he does get suspended we'll see a couple of 6 member Kanjani8 and 5 member NEWS releases. It wouldn't seem quite right but as long as he returns after suspension than I could live with it.
Overall it's rather depressing to see. I just hope it doesn't lead to too much heartache for all this will affect.
Yahoo!Japan news article. (Japanese only)
EDIT: There's a bit more information out now. Ryo has issued his apology and it's reported that he has lost his driving rights for six months. Hopefully this will be his extent of his punishment as he didn't do a hit and run like I found out Goro did, so his punishment should be less than what he got.
Yahoo!Japan news article. (Japanese only)
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