A former soapland worker in Tokyo’s famous Yoshiwara district got so fed up after being fired that she went straight to the police — and took the whole place down […]
Kabukicho has always been one of those places that feels like it runs on its own rules. Neon lights, host clubs, soaplands, shady bars, and plenty of people trying to […]
apan’s sex industry is still a massive money-maker, but the people actually doing the work often get treated like they’re disposable. That reality hit hard when a big soapland chain […]
apan’s nightlife is packed with euphemisms. “Fashion health” for erotic massage, “delivery health” for outcall services… and then there’s the soapland. It’s probably the most famous (and most misunderstood) sexual […]
We recently reported about the large-scale closure of soaplands around Japan following the shuttering of a major chain, possibly to avoid a police crackdown in the wake of the investigation into a […]
It’s one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction stories. And it’s got a bit of everything. Bribery. Expensive dinners. An elite educational institution. Sex. Lawsuits. Even CBD. A University of Tokyo professor has […]
Normally when you don’t like your in-laws you want to do nothing with them as much as possible. This is probably true of JULIA’s “brother in-law, Yuji.” Yet in a […]