Continuing on from the maelstrom that engulfed Tomomi Kasai's much-hyped photo book release, publisher Kodansha has made a formal apology for the controversial image of a young foreign boy clasping the naked bust of a smiling Tomomi.
"The cause was our checking system for publishing did not get to it," they explained.
Perhaps the big yen signs in front of their eyes, branded there by the AKB management, prevented them from seeing the incredible bizarreness of the image.
Kodansha also publishes Young Magazine, which was set to print a big ad for the photo book with the provocative ...
Kanagawa prefecture education authorities announced this week that a male teacher aged fifty-five had been given a six-month suspension from his duties. The same teacher also resigned at the same time.
The educator was responsible for music clubs at his school but he apparently went beyond his remit for handling extracurricular activities.
Between August and October last year he continuously fondled and cuddled two music club members.
In particular, to one of them he confessed: "You are the only woman in my life."
He also played her piano tunes he had composed himself, ...
Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 held the award ceremony for the Japan Race Queen Award last Friday, celebrating the best in the sexy girls who promote cars at automobile events.
One of the winners was Noa Mizutani, known for her Rei Ayanami cosplay.
Noa was one of five girls chosen from over 400 for prizes, as voted for by fans.
The Grand Prix, though, was claimed by Airi ...
Hyogo prefecture police this month announced the arrest of three young boys aged between 14 and 17 on suspicion of forcing a girl to dress up as Santa and walk around town.
The bizarre crime in Himeji City has already been acknowledged by the arrested trio.
"Our jokes went too far," they said.
The four were apparently a group of friends who used to hang out together. They bought a revealing (and no doubt cold) Santa costume showing the shoulders and legs from a local store, and made the high schoolgirl dress up in it and parade around for three hours in the chilly afternoon of ...
After a brouhaha that erupted in the last days, including Young Magazine's latest issue being shunted to the next week, the controversy over the Tomomi Kasai photo book continues.
Now Kodansha, who also publish Young Magazine, has announced that the photo book won't be going on sale as planned on February 4th.
Presumably they will pulp the copies and re-print it without the problematic photo.
The provocative image featured Tomomi with her luscious bust bare, with the nipples cupped and covered from behind by a seemingly naked foreign infant.
Certainly people seemed pretty ...
Kodansha, which had planned to put the latest issue of Young Magazine on sale tomorrow (January 12), has been forced to postpone the publishing date to January 21st.
Why? Because it suddenly realised that an ad page announcing a new photo book for Tomomi Kasai, soon to leave AKB48 formally and concentrate on her solo career, was "inappropriate".
Yes, Tomomi and her "hand bra" poses are too sexy for Kodansha (admittedly, the "hands" are not Tomomi's but those of a young boy). The issue would have featured Kasai heavily, including on the cover.
Instead, the next issue will appear ...
Worried what your family might find if you were to suddenly pop your clogs?
Those intimate pictures of you and your ex you keep stashed under the book case?
How about over 1,000 adult movie titles?
Yes, this formidable collection was discussed in the possessions of a former elmentary school teacher, according to the accounts provided by a certain Ryuichi Yoshida, well versed in clearing up after people pass away. It must have been a real treasure trove of classic porn!
Yoshida runs a company that sorts out the possessions of dead people, such as when the family don't want to ...
Good ol' Osaka, ever the dirtier, less noble metropolis compared to Tokyo.
Remember this is the city that gave Japan the cup of instant noodles AND no-panties cafes!
Take the case of a certain Mr. Yamaoka, a simple 37-year old guy who just happens to have an addictive fetish for stealing women's panties.
Yes, what could be wrong with that? Well, a lot actually, especially when you are going around literally ripping the underwear off girls.
He would go after anyone, even people just walking along the street on their way home.
He was eventually arrested in November for ...
Remember how last year we blogged about Soine-ya, the awesome bed-sharing place in Akihabara?
It's a kind of logical mix of enjo kosai (compensated dating) and maid cafes, allowing you to snuggle up and "sleep" (but nothing more) with cute young girls.
They have now opened a new second place in Shinjuku and also offer a new service!
Now you can doze on a lady's butt for the pricey sum of ¥1,000 per minute. That's something like $11 for 60 seconds!
Not sure how much shut-eye I could get knowing my wallet was being emptied in such a way, but I guess it's more the feeling ...
Sorry, we're a bit late on the uptake with this but it seems that Japan's least favorite idol group is not just a musical incarnation of Satan, though with a FEW hot girls thrown in (and some right stinkers like Tomomi Itano!) -- it is also an illegal drug!
We had a very big chuckle about this when we heard.
What irony!
The group that is for otaku a real addiction is literally a pharmaceutical substance!
Granted, this is all according to the authority that is Wikipedia, which has been known to be the occasional victim of sabotage. But the Wiki page is well annotated, ...
