Senkaku Islands dispute
Unlike many other adult video actresses who carefully guard their private lives, Akane has kept a fairly high public profile. In addition to her AV appearances, Akane has become known as a popular blogger. Her frank blog, "Hotaru's Life," quickly achieved a high blog-ranking, which it has continuously maintained. Akane also has an account on the Chinese Twitter-like site Sina Weibo and in September 2012, she created a stir with a posting addressing the Senkaku Islands dispute stating "From a historical point of view, the Senkaku Islands belong to China." The response in China was overwhelmingly positive but Akane's agent later published a clarification saying that while Akane wished the dispute to be settled peacefully, it was her translator who had added the controversial line.