7.6% of people in Japan are gay, lesbian or have gender identity disorder.
That's according to a Dentsu survey published in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper on April 24th (and that's also the sway they word the "groupings" too). It equates to 1 in 13 people.
The results were released on April 23rd. They were conducted on around 70,000 adults in Japan through an online questionnaire.
A similar survey in 2012 found that 5.2% of people, or 1 in 19 people, identified as LGBT.
The new survey was conducted on April 7th and April 8th with 69,989 people aged 20-59 across Japan.
However, ...
It's been a while but it's time to feast our eyes on another gorgeous Japanese lady.
This time we have chosen up-and-coming idol Mai Ishioka.
The Aichi Prefecture lass was born in 1990 and lists visiting shrines as her hobby. Her pure looks and very svelte body are quickly winning the Tokyo Kinky team ...
Japanese sex toys love to play cheeky jokes.
That's why you get so many masturbators, vibrators and even condoms themed unofficially around famous idols, games, books and so on (including Pachinko!).
Food and drink products have also inspired parodies and sometimes this can come in handy for "disguising" your adult treat.
In the past we've seen Green Tea Lotion and a host of other sex toys based on actual beverages or snacks, including cup noodle, beer cans and more.
One of the latest is this onacup-style masturbator, the Onanee Onariko Cup.
The name and the packaging ...
Tenga has a habit of turning up in unusual places.
From the garbage on a beach to a Buddhist temple, a business card holder, and even once in the home of comedian Tomonori Jinnai when accidentally shown on a TV show.
Back in 2012 some people stumbled upon this Tenga Egg vending machine in Nakano Broadway, west Tokyo.
It's a gacha-gacha capsule vending machine, which makes sense for the Tenga Egg. You get a single Tenga Egg for ¥500 and if you are lucky enough to get a ticket in your capsule, you can take it inside to the shop to claim a porn DVD.
We don't think this is ...
We love to follow the developments of Japanese lingerie brands as ersatz soft-core porn.
The best are Ravijour and Peach John.
After all, no lingerie brand that invents something that stops men from unhooking a bra if they are not the right guy for you has got to have a nice sense of humor.
But we are sad to see that Ravijour has moved away from Japanese models!
In the past, our jaws have dropped at the hot ladies modeling their latest lingerie, including Elli Rose, Mai Miyagi and Azusa Koizumi.
But whereas Ravijour rival Peach John continues to be very "Japanese" in its ...
As we know, religion in Japan is traditionally not conservative or moralistic about sex.
Just look at the Shinto fertility festivals for a perfect example.
Shinto is full of raucous, erotic gods. The islands of Japan itself are said in mythology to have been formed out of sexual union between Izanagi and Izanami.
Shrines apparently have no trouble with people drawing on prayer plaques with bondage illustrations.
Religions run all sorts of non-religious businesses too, such as love hotels.
So we are not really surprised that Buddhism approves of Tenga.
Tenga recently ...
Japanese television at its finest indeed.
Fuji TV have released a preview to "Yoroi Bijo", the show we wrote about last week.
The concept is seductively simple: Gravure idols wear the suits of armor of famous samurai, then take them off piece by piece while talking about the history of the warrior. They are then revealed in their underwear beside all the shiny metal armor. That's it.
The first show, which was broadcast on April 17th, features Gravure model Shoko Takasaki in the armor of Date Masamune.
Here's the preview.
No prizes for guessing that this is aimed at ...
Pepee has long been the top Japanese lubricant brand.
Their previous lubes include such classics as Pepee 360 Wankers Lotion. Many of the small lubes that come as freebies with onaholes are made by Pepee.
But this is a truly great innovation that offers something new for the market.
The Pepee Gelee is a set of powder sachets that turn anything into lubricant.
Beer. Wine. Juice. Milk. Water.
You name it, you can lube up with it.
Just pour in the sachet and stir. Obviously this opens up the possibilities for all manner of flavored lube.
Pepee have made this ...
Japan's most high-profile lesbian couple held a "wedding ceremony" on April 19th to celebrate their union.
The ceremony is literally just ceremonial, since gay people are not allowed to get married in Japan.
Ex-Gravure model and television personality Ayaka Ichinose (34) and actress Akane Sugimori (28) announced their "marriage" in December last year and have no followed through with the big day itself.
Same-sex marriage is finally becoming a major issue in Japan.
Hotel Granvia in Kyoto now offers gay wedding ceremonies, in partnership with a local Buddhist temple, as does ...
Japanese politics can be a dull affair.
That's why when a candidate puts himself forward for consideration by the voting public in all his naked glory, people take notice.
Teruki Goto is standing in the April 26th Chiyoda ward assembly elections in central Tokyo. His campaign poster features his posing naked against a backdrop of imperialist iconography.
Images via GetNews.jp
His rambling website seems to place Goto firmly in the ultra-nationalist camp, though we wonder what the uyoku think about his nude antics.
The thirtysomething wannabe politico has stood before as an ...
