Gaming News
Genshin Impact Dev Wins $112K After an AI Company Cloned 63 Character Voices
An AI voice company just found out the hard way that you can’t just yoink Genshin Impact characters and sell […]
Japanese celebrities
Gravure Idol and Pro Mahjong Player Sayaka Okada Is Dating a Pokémon YouTuber
Sayaka Okada already had a pretty stacked résumé: gravure idol, professional mahjong player, YouTuber. Now you can add “dating a […]
Japanese TV
Reika Kirishima Goes Full-Frontal in a Foreign Sci-Fi Flick — And It’s Not Even Meant to Be Sexy
Reika Kirishima finally did it. The 54-year-old actress — best known to a lot of people for her roles in […]
Prostitution in Japan
From Keio Law Student to Yoshiwara Soapland Star to Running Her Own Office in Meguro: Sumika Hori’s Unbelievable Glow-Up
From doctor’s daughter to Yoshiwara soapland star to running her own legal office in Meguro — Sumika Hori’s story is […]
JAV (Japanese Porn)
JAV Agency LIGHT Is Splitting in Two — and Nobody Knows Who Goes Where Yet
Talent agency LIGHT just announced it’s breaking apart. The actresses on its roster will move to two new agencies: ELTRA […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Hinatazaka46’s Manami Ono Cover Sparked a “Sixth Finger” Panic — and It Wasn’t AI
Weekly Shonen Magazine put Hinatazaka46 member Manami Ono on the cover, the issue hit stands on September 2, and fans […]
Dating in Japan
More Japanese Men Are Marrying Older Women, and It’s Not a Fluke Anymore
A quarter of first-time marriages in Japan now involve a wife who’s older than her husband. That’s a record high, […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Tina Kitsune Just Dropped Onto the Gravure Scene and Yeah, People Are Noticing
A new face is making the rounds in Japanese gravure, and she’s got that mix that tends to get extra […]
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 […]