A record-high 25% of first-time marriages in Japan now involve an older wife. Data reveals the reality of Reiwa-era marriage and that the classic "men work, women handle the home" trap hinders matchmaking efforts.
Historically, marriages in Japan with an age gap tended to feature an older husband. However, marriages where the woman is older are now on the rise, according to government date from 2024. Of course, this might be as little as one or two years older, though there are examples of celebrities marrying or dating where the woman is significantly older (Koyuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Aki ...
It's a story that has generated widespread media coverage and shock this week because it's so rare for a sexual harassment or assault "cold case" to finally come to light. And it may set a precedent for similar cases.
On September 2, the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education dismissed a 53-year-old male head teacher at a metropolitan high school in one of Tokyo's 23 wards for engaging in sexual acts with a female student from the high school where he was employed between 22 and 25 years ago.
According to the Board of Education, the head teacher engaged in sexual acts at his home with a ...
The singer, model, and TV personality Ricca Kanon shared intimate details on social media on August 31 about the issue of the casting couch in the Japanese entertainment industry.
The frequency of producers trying to pressure her to sleep with them has become so high that she announced that will no longer meet such people in person.
"I often receive requests for appearances (or messages posing as such) from TV program and commercial producers and creators. Please note that all future meetings regarding television projects will be conducted online."
She claims that "almost every time" she ...
In December 2023, the Japanese media went briefly crazy about a real-life harem manga scenario where a man claimed to have four wives.
Though only married to one of his partners legally, Ryuta Watanabe was living comfortably as a househusband in Sapporo while the women worked to support the household. With his common-law and legal spouses all in their twenties and together under one roof (except for the fourth "wife," who lived separately), 35-year-old Watanabe had three young children.
So what happened to Watanabe after all that media attention? Fortunately, Weekly Friday has chased the ...
A Malaysian national has been arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in Shibuya, Tokyo, on suspicion of stealing cash from a Japanese man after luring him to a hotel and serving him alcohol spiked with sleeping pills, rendering him unconscious.
"I thought the whole time that [he] was a woman," the victim said.
He accompanied the suspect to a hotel. But the woman was actually a long-haired man, who was filmed emerging from the police station with his head bowed. The police have named the suspect as 29-year-old Malaysian national Muhammad Shafiq bin Baharen.
The incident took ...
Akita Prefecture officials have issued an apology after it came to light that an public servant conducted a video conference call about luring AI data centers, from a love hotel -- in a bathrobe while smoking!
Now that's what we call multitasking.
And if this is the AI revolution, count us in!
The manager, Takahiro Ono, claimed he was in his home, but was rumbled when footage from the public conference call leaked online. Those pesky internet sleuths with too much time on their hands were able to track down the exact room of the love hotel that Ono was staying in due to the particular ...
On August 3, Japan's National Police Agency announced that police nationwide during the first half of this year handled 123 cases of sexual deepfakes involving the manipulation of images of children under 18 using generative AI.
According to Jiji Press, this figure is double the 60 cases recorded during the same period last year, and exceeds the total of 114 cases for the entire previous year.
According to the National Police Agency, junior high school students accounted for the largest number of victims, with 79 cases. High school students accounted for 38 cases, elementary school students ...
Now that Japanese actress and model Haruna Kawaguchi has just announced her marriage and pregnancy with a soccer star, the crown for most eligible women in Japan passes arguably to Kasumi Mori, the 31-year-old former announcer who is now working mainly as a model, and who clearly wants to be the new Minami Tanaka.
In 2024, she released her first photo book and has cemented her fame with some major contracts, perhaps most prominently as the current main model for leading lingerie brand Peach John (very consciously following in the footsteps of Minami Tanaka).
The brand has just ...
These are stunning erotic images from Peep Document, a classic voyeuristic photography magazine published in Japan in the 1980s.
Like with our previous showcase of 1980s Japanese voyeurism fetish photography, the images were originally shared by fintan (pinakotheca), taken from his incredible collection of Japanese subculture and erotica, which he scans and puts online, and typically offers the original publication for sale.
The 1980s was a decade of supreme confidence in Japan, with the bubble economy giving corporations huge bargaining power abroad and workers enjoying wild parties and ...
There's a new type of relationship emerging that's neither lover nor friend and spreading among younger generations.
These relationships include sofure (soine furendo, or sleeping-together friends), who do nothing but sleep side by side, reports AERA.
Other similar "-fure" relationships are hafure (hagu furendo, hugging friends), kisufure (kissing friends), and ofufure (ofuro furendo, bathing friends). These terms and relationships are allegedly gaining traction on social media and online platforms among Gen Z in Japan.
Can two people simply sleep together without any romantic feelings or ...
