Crime & Legal
Two Nara cops just got disciplined for sexually harassing the same female colleague
Nara Prefectural Police announced the punishments this week. A superintendent in his 50s got a reprimand on August 28. A […]
Sex & Nightlife
A 60-year-old Tokyo guy is on trial for scamming hostesses with a fake “living inheritance,” and his excuse in court was that he wanted to look cool
Masahiro Nakatani is accused of taking 6.5 million yen from five young women. First hearing was September 4 at Tokyo […]
Gaming News
Dead or Alive fans in Japan are not thrilled that Koei Tecmo is quietly turning down the sexy costumes
It came out of a Famitsu interview with series producer Yosuke Hayashi, director Akihiro Nakamura, and project manager Tsuyoshi Iuchi […]
Sex & Nightlife
There’s a kissaten in the middle of Kabukicho that barely ever closes, and the crowd is exactly as chaotic as you’d hope
Coffee Shop Cool sits in the Marutomo Building, a short walk from Seibu-Shinjuku Station. The signs are faded and easy […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Former NMB48 member Momoka Kinoshita has gone full ink, and Japan is once again arguing about it
Kinoshita, now 29 and performing as Bukkoro Momoka, joined NMB48 in 2010 as a first-generation member and left in 2017. […]
Crime & Legal
Top Roppongi hostess and influencer Rino Yamato just got popped for cocaine
On September 15, Tokyo police raided a luxury apartment in Roppongi and arrested 27-year-old Rino Tazawa — better known as […]
Idol / Gravure Idol
Suzu Aoi just made a gravure debut… and went full nude on the first try
Most new gravure girls ease in with a swimsuit, a smile, maybe a little sideboob if the magazine is feeling […]
JAV (Japanese Porn)
S1 actress Hana Kuraki has died at 25
Hana Kuraki (倉木華) is dead. She was 25. Her agency, T-Powers, confirmed it on September 14. The statement is short […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
Tokyo just fired a teacher for sex with a student — 25 years later
On September 2, the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education dismissed a 53-year-old senior teacher at a public high school in […]
Prostitution in Japan
Those 4.8-star Kabukicho bars might be gaming Google
If you’re heading to Tokyo nightlife and using Google Maps the way most visitors do, a 4.8 rating on a […]
Anime / Manga / Doujinshi
The printers that make Comiket possible are quietly disappearing
The printers that make Comiket possible are quietly disappearing Comiket still looks massive from the outside. Summer 2026’s Comic Market […]
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 […]