All those PR events, ad campaigns, handshaking marathons, and constant music concerts are taking their toil on poor SKE48's Rena Matsui.
Rena is taking some time off after the state of her physique forced her to cancel a handshaking meet-and-greet event recently.
Otaku fans, especially those kept waiting to shake an idol's hand only to have it snatched away, are not known for being forgiving (or even having socially capable personalities), so we hope they take this new development well.
After all, a girl's got to have some time off, especially when she is a merely sprig of a girl ...
The end of the year might still be months away but the merchandising machine knows no time limits for AKB48, whose new official 2013 calendar promises to include "god panties".
Needless to say, these are not real Japanese used panties but some sort of strange underwear advertised as both "eco" and "erotic". They are even made of paper!
The lucky purchasers of the Akiba ladies' newest product will also be rewarded with a clear plastic file, a poster and some "live" photos of random members.
Reservations to get a copy start on October 31st.
Needless to say, this is being ...
A Kawasaki city civil servant and bank employee have been caught sneaking in to shoot pictures of a middle school student cheerleading dance event.
The two, aged 36 and 42 respectively, were getting images of the school girls' cheerleading event during a local culture festival when a teacher noticed their suspicious photographic activities.
Apparently the pair said they were part of an experienced "secret photography circle" and had done similar things at other places and events. They had been taking photos of the 27 young girls, including close-ups of the thighs of ...
Talk about having "something to declare" in your luggage...
A university student has tried to kidnap a young girl by forcing her into a travel bag and then take her in a taxi to make good his flight.
The twenty-year old Tomohiro Kodama brandished a knife at a twelve-year old girl near Hiroshima Station earlier this week. He forced her to get into travel bag -- 70 x 30 x 30cm -- and then flagged down a taxi to continue on to god knows where.
Luckily the taxi driver heard the girl's voice coming from the bag after Kodama had put it in the trunk. When he stopped at a red light he ...
If you like a girl with intelligence -- and we know there are plenty of hot, smart girls in Japan -- then don't be put off by science students! Sure, they have a kind of geeky image but there is a whole legion of lovely ladies manning (no pun intended) the labs, their beautiful faces reflected in test tubes.
A competition is currently being run to find the prettiest science student or young female science researcher.
You can check out the six contestants here.
From the sultry Ryoko Suwa, who looks hot in a lab coat and often goes to Roppongi, to the more tender Akira ...
We've just come across this hilarious tumblr blog called Where is Tenga?
As you might guess from the name, it's a photo blog featuring Tenga onacups and other designer Tenga adult toys in unusual places, often posed in cute and surprising ways.
If you thought Tenga were just there for your private enjoyment, think again!
The makers of this blog take their Tenga sightseeing in Asakusa, to the zoo, to factories, playgrounds, temples... and more.
It hasn't been updated in a way but for now there are NINE pages of the series, sometimes featuring the "owner" of the ...
We are prone to the charms of an intelligent woman and so we wanted to showcase some of the lovely artisans of the pen that occupy these shores.
Gravure models are all well and sexy, but sometimes a penetrating mind can be much more enchanting on the eye than its bookish stereotype would have you believe...
Kamiko Inuyama (犬山紙子)
Sultry essayist and columnist, Kamiko Inuyama, on top of having an unusual name, has made it her job to tell the world about beautiful girls who just don't have any luck with guys. When you look as amazing as Ms. Inuyama (b. 1981), we find that really hard ...
Orient Industry, Japan's biggest maker of high-grade silicone sex dolls, is celebrating its thirty-five years of business with a photo contest for customers to send in their shots of their precious love doll companions in all sorts o unusual poses and places.
People have been sending in photos of sexy sex dolls in over the summer and the winners will be announced in September, judged by a group of professional and established photographers.
There are shots of single dolls, multiple dolls... dolls at train stations, dolls in bed... naked dolls, dolls in wedding dresses, lingerie, ...
Just when you think Yasushi Akimoto and his minions cannot go any further... they do.
AKB48's latest sell-out, a TV commercial for Puccho, sees them dancing to the sounds of their own "music" as they eat the product being advertised. But, this being AKB, nothing is simple and everything is queasy.
The heads of the young girls are pasted in the Most Obvious Photoshopping of the Year Award-winning style onto the bodies of dancing children. Yes, children. This time there is no mistake.
We simply cannot fathom what ad agency chicanery came up with the concept that the ...
This has been floating around for a little while now but we wanted to spread the word about this "Japanese porn cultural exchange" campaign, a fundraiser looking for backers to help them make a porn film with a JAV star from Japan... in America.
We think the success of this depends on if they make the film in the normal local way or if they try to just do a U.S.-style porno with a Japanese girl. (A third, more conceptual alternative is if they do it in a "Japanese" way but as seen through the eyes of the west.) We think there is an awful lot in JAV that is very culturally contextual and ...
