Some female celebrities are vampires. They must be, otherwise how else do the likes of Ayaka Haruse, Kyoko Fukada, and Asami Kumakiri seem never to age even as they enter their forties? One of ...

The mainstreaming of Tenga, Japan's most famous and design-savvy adult brand, continues now with the opening of an official store in Zozotown, one of Japan's biggest online shopping platforms, from ...

The implications for generative AI and porn are manifold, from fully AI-created adult videos to photo books and other content featuring AI "idols" and models. While the government is keen to use ...

The former NHK announcer Anna Nakagawa has made her gravure debut with a splashy cover shoot for Weekly Playboy. The 31-year-old quit the public broadcaster in March and has been attached to major ...

The daily temperature might still be in the mid-thirties here in sweaty Tokyo, with little respite from the brutal humidity, but for much of the world, summer is finally winding down and autumn is ...

Not all heroes wear capes and not all gravure idols enter the industry through the usual agency and competition route. And while we are used to certain other celebrities moonlighting in gravure, ...

Kanna Seto burst onto the Japanese adult video scene late last year and quickly made a huge impression with her girl-next-door face, pale skin, slim body, and huge breasts. It is a formidable ...

The post-COVID uptick in streetwalkers in the Okubo Park area of Kabukicho, Tokyo, has been a media obsession for some time in Japan, generating a moral panic over the young age of the women and also ...

The model, dancer, and rapper Karen Kimijima was recently arrested at Naha Airport on suspicion of smuggling synthetic drugs MDMA and ketamine from Thailand. Reported by Japanese news earlier this ...

This weekend is Comiket 106, the latest edition of Japan's largest cosplay and doujinshi event held at Tokyo Big Sight. But it's also mid-August in Tokyo, which is hot, humid, and very sweaty. ...