Namie Amuro, a Japanese pop singer famous across Asia, stepped out of the spotlight on Sunday, with the 40-year-old music and fashion icon thanking her fans for their support over more than two decades.The pop diva, who created a phenomenon in the mid-1990s with young girls and women copying her look, stunned fans last September when, just days after she marked her 25th anniversary as a performer, she said she intended to retire."I would be happy if, even for a moment during these 25 years, I was able to become a singer who stood close to my fans," she said in a statement issued on her webs…READ FULL ARTICLE
