In America, you have to do a lot to fall into a bad position in the public eye. Hell, Britney Spears shaved her head and basically lost her mind in public, and now that she has a new wig and a new tour to go with it, all is forgiven. Apparently shame doesn't wash off so easily in Japan, as NTV Presenter Miku Natsume has announced she will be resigning from her job because of a photo (see gallery) where she was seen holding a box of condoms.

Apparently the photo, which ran in weekly magazine Flash, caused quite a stir as it seemed to implicate that Natsume was not only having sex, but enjoying it. THE HORROR! Japan Probe reports that she begged for a second chance, but her image had suffered with the housewives who made up a large part of the show's viewership.

Hang on  a second here:  SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi gets arrested for wandering around naked and drunk and it blows over, but this young lady commits the atrocious crime of insinuating she enjoys sex and loses her job for it?  I mean, we know Japan is sexist and all, but one can't help but harrumph at the unfairness of it all.