[sarasi]

What makes you think she doesn't own the apartment, Sashimister? For all you know she does. I have female Japanese friends who own apartments in central Tokyo, so it's not impossible that milimari owns this apartment and is not trying to sublet. Can you think of a reason why she would jeopardise her own occupation of the apartment by subletting it to a foreigner in particular, who would obviously stand out as not being the original occupant even more? I'm willing to bet that she owns it.