Japan News / Japanese Society
The “Foreigners Are Ruining Everything” Story That’s Spreading Faster Than the Actual Numbers
A guy living in Japan recently got a worried message from his parents. They weren’t asking about work or if […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Why You Still Can’t Buy a Nicotine Vape in Japan
Japan is the world’s biggest heated-tobacco market. IQOS and the rest of the “heat-not-burn” lineup just outsold regular cigarettes for […]
Crime & Legal
When a Non-Consensual Kiss Becomes Just a “Sudden Peck” in the Headlines
A 64-year-old elementary school janitor in Hamada, Shimane, took a woman in her 20s out to dinner on June 9. […]
Prostitution in Japan
Japan May Start Punishing the Guys Who Cruise Kabukicho for Sex
Japan’s prostitution law has always been lopsided. Selling it in public can get you arrested. Buying it? Basically a shrug. […]
Crime & Legal
American Tourist Arrested in Okinawa After Hotel Fire Left a Guest Fighting for His Life
Okinawa police have arrested a 32-year-old American tourist on suspicion of arson and attempted murder after a predawn fire tore […]
JAV (Japanese Porn)
Ako Kimura’s L-Cups Get Put Through Hell in Her Latest S1 Outing
Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to breasts? Japan’s bakunyu crowd […]
JAV (Japanese Porn)
Six years in, Riri Natsumori just hit pause
Her next S1 release on September 22 is the last JAV you’ll see from her for a while. After that, […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Gravure Idol Ina Ehara Just Set a Friday Cover Record and She’s Not Playing Around
Ina Ehara is on the cover of Friday again. That’s her ninth time, which is now the record for the […]
Japanese TV
Former TBS Announcer Rina Yamamoto Is Doing Her First Swimsuit Photo Book
Rina Yamamoto is trading the news desk for a bikini. The 32-year-old former TBS announcer, now working freelance, has a […]
Japanese TV
Shoko Nakagawa’s Staff Just Told Fans to Stop Showing Up at Airports and Hotels
Shoko Nakagawa’s team has had enough of the extra-enthusiastic fan behavior. On August 28 her manager’s official account posted a […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
One in Three Young Japanese Singles Have Zero Plans to Get Married
Japan’s government just dropped some pretty blunt numbers about how young people actually feel about tying the knot. A large […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
She went into underground sex work to pay her parents back and then die. She ended up turning male desire into a business
Rurutan is an adult influencer with about 1.3 million followers. In a recent magazine conversation with author Akira Tachibana, she […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
The guy with four wives lost his harem. Then he collected seven more girlfriends
Remember late 2023, when Japanese media briefly lost its mind over Ryuta Watanabe? The Sapporo househusband who said he had […]
Prostitution in Japan
Have the tachinbo really vanished from Okubo Park?
A few years ago, Okubo Park on the edge of Kabukicho was one of those spots everyone seemed to know […]
Politics
Takaichi Keeps Saying “Coexistence.” The Online Right Is Not Having It.
Japan’s Japanese population just slipped under 120 million for the first time in more than 40 years. That’s 17 years […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Japan Used to Have Roadside Sex Museums – Most of Them Are Gone
Everyone knows the Kanamara Matsuri — the giant steel phallus festival that makes international headlines every spring. Less famous is […]