Kyodo no Mori, an open-air folk museum in Fuchu, west Tokyo, is in a panic after a beautiful young Japanese girl took some nude selfies in and around a classroom in one of the historical buildings in the museum, and then posted her exploits to Instagram and Tumblr in early June.
Needless to say, she (and her helpers) did not have the museum's permission.
The museum has been flooded with inquiries. "Do you give permission for this kind of photography?!"
The account was unnamed in media reports but apparently was "taaaaachin". It has since been deleted. It ...
One of the year's biggest stories continues to get bigger.
Exploitation and coercion in the Japanese AV industry has been condemned for trafficking. It has sparked a public debate about labor rights for porn performers, or the lack thereof.
The issue of coercing women to appear in porn has even led to arrests. In days past, such people in the porn industry were presumably protected by the Yakuza but the ongoing civil war may have shaken up the system.
Amid intense media attention, now an AV industry association has issued a formal apology and promised reform.
The Intellectual ...
Former actor Noboru Takachi has been arrested for possession of a stimulant drug and cannabis.
Best known overseas for appearing in films like Yamato, the 51-year-old was a big star in the 1990s. Takachi, whose real name is Joji Osaki, recently retired from acting ostensibly to look after his wife's father.
He was arrested at a love hotel in Yokohama, where he was staying with Atsuko Isokawa, a 33-year-old hostess.
Noboru Takachi had previously been married to AV actress Momo Aida (pictured below), though they divorced after six years together.
He then married the ...
Yoshiwara was the main red-light district (yukaku) in Edo, the old name for Tokyo. Its legacy continues to resonate today: the area remains full of soaplands and prostitutes, and other parts of the east of the city, such as Ueno, Nippori and Akihabara, are also centers of cheap sex.
That being said, Yoshiwara is gentrifying to a certain extent -- and here's an interesting example, first reported on Spoon Tamago.
But for designer Yayoi Okano, Yoshiwara was more than just a neighborhood known for its sex trade. It was home.
Okano grew up in Yoshiwara where, despite its ...
Back when Mariya Nagao was one of the members of AKB48, we already took something of a liking to her.
But it is since leaving the (faltering) group that she has shined, stripping off to reveal her perfect bikini butt and body.
As we have discussed before, Japanese TV is a tame entity, though livened up by the occasional scene of Nanao in lingerie.
Nagao was recently gracing Japanese television screens to show us what it is like to kiss her in a swimming pool. Naturally, Nagao was wearing slinky swimwear.
The 22-year-old was kissed by Popteen model Koji Konishi on the aptly named ...
A woman who fell asleep on a train woke up to find herself abducted and trapped in the home of a man she did not know.
The 28-year-old company employee from Adachi ward in east Tokyo was allegedly confined between June 4th and June 5th after she fell asleep on a train.
The suspect is 33-year-old Yoshifumi Kurita, a temp from Sagamihara, who was arrested by Kanagawa police on June 18th.
According to police, Kurita is maintaining silence, though there have been five similar cases in the area around where there crime took place.
The victim had been out drinking and was riding on a JR ...
As we know, virtual reality is big right now and that includes for the adult market.
This isn't from the recent Adult VR Festa but the geeks and tech event, Niconico Chokaigi 2016, held in April, but we were saving it until now.
Strictly speaking, we think this was developed for people who work in the care industry to experience what it is like to be incontinent, but there are also adult: this is a DIY virtual omorashi device!
No longer is your only option getting some rubber diapers. Instead, now you can feel like you are peeing yourself just by wearing some wires and sitting on ...
The recent interest in Japanese AV performers' labor and human rights continues to develop. It's one of the big stories of the year so far.
Following the arrest mere days ago of a porn performer agency for forcing its roster of women to appear in porn and other recent developments like a damning report and seminar on the issue of exploitation and trafficking, now comes news that former AV star Mariko Kawana has launched a new orgnization to help.
There are already groups like Lighthouse: Center for Human Trafficking Victims (formerly Polaris Project Japan) and Human Rights Now (HRN) as ...
Tokyo Kinky was there on Sunday, loyally lining up in Akihabara for what had been touted as Japan's first ever adult virtual reality event. But all was in vain.
We had our suspicions about the event, given how shoddy the event's website was. Still, word had obvious got out -- that and how virtual reality is one of the big trends of the year and there had been promises of its adult implications for years.
There were hundreds of people trying to make it into a tiny venue in Akiba. We were all lining up patiently outside but the police eventually had to come and help control the size of ...
A company president of a Japanese AV talent agency has been arrested for allegedly forcing a woman to appear in pornography.
It was learnt on June 11th that Marks Japan was raided by cops and three of its employees arrested. Police also raided other related businesses, including two production companies.
The allegations stem from a woman who signed up to Marks Japan's roster of talent as a gravure idol in 2009, but was then sent to a porn shoot in September 2013 despite knowing she did not want to appear.
Marks Japan's talent includes everyone from relatively innocuous things like ...
