Japan News / Japanese Society
She Accused an Ex-Osaka Prosecutor of Sexual Assault. Then Her Own Office Ran Her Out.
A former female prosecutor who says she was sexually assaulted by the old head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
A Caregiver Started a Call-Girl Service Specifically for Disabled Clients
A woman in her 30s has been living two very different lives. By day she works as a home helper […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Hinatazaka46’s Manami Ono Cover Shoot Had Everyone Counting Fingers
Fans spotted something weird on the cover of Weekly Shonen Magazine this week, and the internet did what it does. […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Adult Fiction Is Getting Harder to Sell as Platforms Start Asking Whether the Characters Consented
A Japanese creator just pointed out something that sounds almost too strange until you sit with it. Yuh Mashiro published […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Singer Ricca Kanon Calls Out Casting Couch Culture and Says She’s Done Meeting Producers in Person
Singer, model, and TV personality Ricca Kanon put it out there on social media at the end of August: she’s […]
Crime & Legal
Head Teacher Fired After Student Comes Forward About Assault From 25 Years Ago
A story that’s been making headlines this week because cases like this almost never surface after so long. On September […]
Japanese celebrities
Mei Nagano Is Coming Back as a Former No.1 Hostess — And She’s Producing the Thing Herself
Mei Nagano used to be the clean-image actress. Morning-drama face. The kind of booking that makes sponsors relax. Her first […]
Japanese celebrities
Hanshin’s Young Left-Hander Is Off the First Team After a Drunk Assault Report
Takato Ihara was supposed to be the next arm Hanshin could lean on. First-round pick in 2024. Left-hander. In the […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
WEST. Just Lost Two Members — And the Real Problem Might Be What Comes After Idol Marriage
WEST. was supposed to be the group that stayed seven. That was the whole point. They weren’t even supposed to […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Kyoto Temple Bans Kimono Visitors — And No, It’s Not Because They Hate Kimono
Kyoto’s temples have always been photogenic. That’s kind of the point. Beautiful gardens, old wood, quiet halls — of course […]
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 […]