An article was posted in Yahoo Japan about Yoshiki's reaction/comment to Michael Jackson's death.
Link here:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090629-00000037-sanspo-entI tried to read it but as my Japanese are lame, I can't write a direct translation...\m/
As I understood, the comment was made to Sanspo through Yoshiki's mangement and the quote is given in English.
Michael Jackson was not only a great artist, but he was also a true entertainer. He had, and still has enormous respect from all artists all over the world.That includes myself.It is a very sad time for us.My heart goes out to all the family members, and all of his fans
It also says that when he was notified of MJ's death he was shocked and speechless because it was very sudden.
The article also mentions that Michael Jackson has recorded at Extasy stiudios some times and a few other things about how he and Yoshiki met.
It also goes on to say that because the Jackson's family house is in the same street as Yoshiki's house
(as a matter of fact they're like in the same fucking square but whatever...) ever since MJ's death was announced there were reporters and helicopters all over the place making a lot of noise so Yoshiki couldn't sleep properly. (And why on earth was that info on that article??XD)