Michael sent the cassete tape in October 1993 to Mr. Akio Morita, the founder & then-Chairman of Sony, when he learned that Mr. Morita had collapsed due to brain stroke. Yoshiko Morita, Mr. Morita's wife shared this beautiful episode in July remembering how caring, sweet he was. The TV report is based on her episode. Michael's hand-written message on the casset reads, "Mr. Morita's healing tape Michael Jackson; Healing joy M.J. Play 3 times a day (underlined) right before awaking, before sleeping and mid day." So Yoshiko played the tape for Akio every day as instructed, until his death in 1999. Oh so, so sweet! When we learned of the episode, many fan requested her to share with us, so she did.
Michael met Mr. Morita for the first time in 1987, when he visited Japan for Bad Tour. Both Akio and Yoshiko attended the Tokyo concert. Then Micharl called Akio, and said that he was not satisfied with the concert, his vocal was not great. He wished to show them a much better performance next time and asked them to come to his concert again. He apologized again and again (he is always so humble, isn't he? Amazing). Then Moritas invited Michael to their home for a dinner party; Michael and Akio stayed all night, playing with Akio's collection of antique/vintage musical instruments (e.g. street organ, musican box, player piano, etc.). Funny story about Michael at the dinner; Michael loved Japanese pear, ate a plate full of it, and did not share it with anyone else, lol (he was vegetarian at that time, I guess). She also talked about his next concert; she was with him on the way to the concert. Michael was surrounded by many many fans, fans asked for his signature, hand shake, etc. and Michael responded to the fans with smile all the way. She was very touched by his sweetness.
Also Yoshiko says in her episode that Michael asked Akio, "How can I capure young people's heart?" , "What should I do to be respected?", "Who should I trust?". Actually in 1993 Michael called her many times, asked for her help. She regrets she could not help him much as she was nursing her husband. R.I.P.
If anyone is interested in her episode, go to Morita Akio library site;
http://www.akiomorita.net/contents/episode/006.html