Nippon.com, normally a fairly austere and academic online publication, has published an article by sociologist Suzumi Suzuki, in which she discusses her fieldwork about adult video and role play in ...

Here are some nice shots of the booth babes (known as "companions" in Japanese -- if only they truly were) at the recent Tokyo Game Show. Clearly these girls are hired for their ...

In general, this is a pretty positive blog. But we sometimes have sad news to relate. After some weeks of media speculation about her health, the actress Naomi Kawashima has died at the age of 54. ...

The first major exhibition in Tokyo or Japan of shunga has finally opened. Shunga Exhibition has started at the Eisei Bunko Museum in Bunkyo-ku. Celebrating the prints that were essentially ...

Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi), the Japanese "vagina artist" accused of obscenity, has always been very business-savvy. She has released plenty of artworks as cheap and accessible merchandise, ...

Ever since the scandal of designer Keijiro Sano's official 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games logo, people have been having fun with making their own versions of the troubled design. Sano's ...

Remember when we reported on two former idols in Aoyama Saint Hachamecha High School (Mechahai) in 2014, who were being sued by their managers for dating fans? Well, now the sorry state of Japan's ...

Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, Kabukicho Love Hotel (Sayonara Kabukicho) came in 2014, promising to be a dark romance. Okay, let's get something straight. As you might expect, star Atsuko Maeda may ...

We swiftly became fans of curvy, sultry Machiko Tezuka when she first stripped off for a hair nude shoot in 2013. Formerly of SKE48 and now-disbanded SDN48, the J-cup mistress has gone through ...

Yes, "Ultraman porn" is a thing in Japan. Women dressed up as Ultraman-like characters (especially the Mother of Ultraman) in tight costumes and being screwed by men and other "creatures" is not ...