The controversy over exploitation and coercion in the Japanese porn industry continues to rage.
Following allegations, condemnations, arrests, and apologies, now comes another development. The popular AV star Saki Kouzai has come forward with the revelation that her porn debut was also coerced.
In a 20-hour interview with Bunshun Shukan, she has come forward alleging both coercion and makura eigo, or the casting couch: you have to sleep with people to get ahead.
She is currently suing Ryo Aoki, the head of Marks Japan who was previously arrested for a previous coercion case. Three ...
We spotted this story shuttling around various overseas media outlets. It's been a few weeks since it was first published but, given that foreign press don't think this kind of story ever gets old, we decided to run it anyway.
Of course, it is that old trope: a lonely Japanese guy and his fake girlfriend.
This might be a virtual one or a music idol he'll never meet, or a dakimakura hug pillow -- or, as in this case, a a sex doll.
Here we go on that merry-go-round again...
Despite being married with two children, 61-year-old Senji Nakajima admits that his heart lies with his ...
It's the usual story. An idol hits 30 and her career is on the verge of waning. What can she do to raise the ante? Oh, right: strip off.
And so it goes that Shoko Hamada has revealed her cute butt to us at the ripe old age of 30.
The former race queen, gravure idol and so-time music idol (yes, we all remember that classic from 2004, "Lolita Race Queen") has dropped her clothes for a photo shoot, and the results are petty fine.
Sure, her butt's a bit flat -- this is Japan, after all -- but it has grab-me-now charm.
Of course, all this flesh is ...
The "hair nude" is a curious Japanese-English phrase. It refers not just to naked flesh; it's naked flesh with genital hair.
What is "shocking" here is the display of pubic hair, the line by which art and entertainment is usually fettered in Japan. It is fine to have plenty of nudity in films and publications, but to avoid the century-old ambiguous obscenity laws, people censored or did not show actual pubic hair.
The hair nude set out to deliberately show this was something to be challenged, legally and artistically.
While the likes of Nobuyoshi Araki had already made erotic photography ...
BuzzFeed Japan asked some of the top gravure idols to come into the studio and spill some home truths for them.
Each gravure idol was asked to pose with a notepad telling us what their life was really life.
Here is Nanoka, saying "Life is simple." Apparently she spends her days off just sitting around at home.
Rina Hashimoto dispels one of the myths of her job. "I don't enjoy the locations." While it might seem like paradise to fly to Hawaii or other exotic locations for photo shoots, the reality of the job is apparently less glamorous. You spend all day shooting from morning till night, ...
Shoko Takasaki stunned us when she made her porn debut earlier this year as Shoko Takahashi.
Though her switch to AV came because she was mired in a prostitution scandal, her release on the Muteki label was such a roaring success that is going to release a second film on September 1st. "G-cup Perfect Body Celebrity Shoko Takahashi" is being released by Moodyz as part of the AV Open 2016 series.
Takasaki/Takahashi has also been busy with several hair nude (full-frontal nude) shoots, showing off her gorgeous G-cup body for all the world to see.
Some of these are grainy scans, but ...
Some sad news, folks. The lovely Ayame Misaki has got married.
The 27-year-old actress and model apparently tied the knot on July 11 with a 36-year-old man who works as a salesman in energy conservation.
The couple met last May at a mahjong game run by married friends. As the game wore on, Ayame became attracted to the man. They started seeing each other last summer.
Ayame Misaki made her professional debut at 15 and has starred in some major films like the movie adaptation of Attack on Titan.
She was in the lesbian soft-core porn film Girl's Blood (Aka x Pinku), where she played a ...
We got pretty excited when news broke in May that model Haruna Yabuki was releasing a hair nude (full-frontal) photo book shot by Kishin Shinoyama.
Now that the collection -- called simply Haruna -- has hit the shelves, we are pleased that some scans are making the rounds online.
More will surely emerge over the weeks -- and hopefully better quality ones, too. For now, enjoy Haruna's lush thirtysomething body. If she seems too good to be true, remember that her celebrity boyfriend wasn't satisfied and two-timed her with a hostess. She literally found him in bed ...
Rejoice! If you are a little overweight, you can still enjoy the unique charms of the naked restaurant.
Japan's first nudist eatery, The Amrita, opens on July 29th. Frankly it's so hot and sweaty right now that my home it a permanent nudist camp.
Originally it had made a big thing out of how you couldn't be more then 15kg (33 lbs) over the average weight for your height -- and that they would be weighing patrons at the entrance to check! After all, the logic went, who wants to be put off their dinner by excess flab?
Guests are served by near-naked hot guys, meaning this is a host ...
Who says politics is boring? Politics encourages you to masturbate!
Yes, you read that right.
Tenga is never one to miss a marketing opportunity. Previous gimmicks include an advertising contest, a business card holder, and a beach cleanup event.
This weekend it's the House of Councillors election in Japan and it's special because it's the first time that 18- and 19-year-olds can vote.
To encourage the newly enfranchised youngsters to head to the voting booth on July 10th, Tenga is giving away 100 Pocket Tenga sex toys, which is probably the brand's most convenient way to jack ...
