this has been making the rounds around the J-internet
earlier this month it was revealed that the actress Ryoko Hirosue was having an affair with the michelin star chef Shusaku Toba so people were quick to point the irony of how last year she was even awarded with the "Best Mother Award" (ベストマザー賞) by the Japan's Mothers Society to her for becoming "a source of admiration and inspiration to all mothers"
https://www.best-mother.jp/award/
people started noticing how the previous year's winners didn't fare much better
2022 winner Ryoko Hirosue: caught having an affair
2021 winner Mariko Shinoda: accused of having an affair
2017 winner Maki Gotō: admited to having an affair with her ex boyfriend while being married
2010 winner Makiko Esumi: admited to having an affair
2009 winner Eriko Imai: caught having an affair
also it seems that the chairman of the Japan's Mothers Society, Shinji Morimatsu, was arrested in 2021 for... beating his wife
they also mention how as part of the "curse" the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2019 winners got divorced but i think that's just reaching, i don't think just because they ended getting a divorce that means they are undeserving of the Best Mother Award, totally different situations from those above
in any case because of the multiple scandals people are now asking the association to abolish the award since 1) who would want it now that it has a negative connotation 2) giving the award to someone can actually hurt their career
so i'm not Japanese, i'm not a mother and i'm not a member of any awards committee
but you would think the moment the chairman of the association was arrested for domestic violence that the award would become worthless, right? i mean who would want a wife beater to tell you that you are good mother?
anyway this person makes a good observation, is not actually a curse as much as if it's because they were given the Best Mother Award and the attention surrounding said award that people got interested and started digging dirt about them
