Former AKB48 idols have been in the news again recently, from the first generation of idols like Atsuko Maeda (releasing her first photok book in 14 years) and Haruna Kojima (still ravishing at 37) ...

The gravure idol and actress Rio Teramoto is to make a comeback after five years. In the intervening time, she has focused on her acting career, including teasing us with an almost-nude scene in the ...

Fans of early period AKB48 idols are in for a treat right now with the recent photo shoots of Haruna Kojima, who looks ravishing at 37, and the new photo book by Atsuko Maeda. Maeda has established ...

In Japan, it is currently illegal to receive money for sex, but not to pay for sex. In other words, a sex worker's customer is not doing anything wrong in the eyes of the law, though the sex worker ...

The Japanese porn star Satsuki Toyooka has announced on social media is suffering from a rare illness. On February 12, Toyooka announced on X that she was undergoing chemotherapy. Satsuki Toyooka ...

Meiji Yasuda Research Institute's Survey on Romance and Marriage has found that 76.3%, or more than three in four unmarried people, say they are not in a relationship, up from the previous survey in ...

A Small Love Story: The World of Mameban Shunga is a new exhibition of erotic prints in Tokyo. It focuses on mameban (literally, "bean format") shunga, referring to palm-sized prints that were ...

The former music idol Haruna Kojima still looks amazing at 37, as these recent pictures from a photo shoot demonstrate. They show her in a figure-hugging black swimsuit that reveals her trim body, ...

Former gravure model Chisato Morishita has won her seat in the snap election called by Sanae Takaichi, which saw the ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a big majority and wipe out much of the ...

A college student. A pachinko parlor worker. A hostess. An influencer. What do all these young Japanese women have in common? While not as famous (or perhaps infamous) as a place like South Korea, ...