Right now, tourist resorts deserve our pity. Things were going so well for them until the start of 2020, after which visitors to Japan plummeted (and are now exactly zero, because the borders are ...

Fan adaptations of manga and anime franchises are a major part of Japanese subcultures, most notably in doujinshi. But fan fiction is not always liked by the original creators, especially when it is ...

Despite having some of the thinnest and best condoms in the world, use of contraception in Japan remains relatively low, resulting in frequent shotgun weddings -- including high-profile ...

Around the end of December, people started tweeted about a "worrying" new development in Akihabara, the Tokyo district known for electronics and otaku culture. The restaurant Kitchen Jiro has been ...

We wanted to close off the year with what is probably going to be our final post for 2020 with some good news. As if the tidings that Kaoru Yasui is making her porn debut is not enough! Our friends ...

Like most people, we are keen -- alright, desperate! -- to see this year done and dusted. With the new COVID strain, though, something tells us that the calendar simply turning into 2021 won't ...

We are drawing to the end of this most difficult year and we taking a look back at 2020. Of course, the past twelve months were dominated by one global story. Japan's adult industry has responded to ...

The exact nature of the age of consent in Japan is something that crops up conversations about the country, and people often seem unsure of the facts. As the Asahi clarifies, "anyone having sex with ...

Tenga, the Apple of the Japanese adult market, is convinced that self-pleasure should be a premium experience. And it also knows how to market its products in a truly savvy and novel way. Case in ...

We've all seen those pop-ups that sometimes appear on particularly dodgy sites, demanding that you pay a ridiculous amount of money. Most of the time, you can click away and rest easy that it's a ...