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 ...
The second photo book by Cocona Umeyama came out earlier this month and has already set the interwebs on fire in just a few days.
As reported here in July, the ex-NMB48 idol's second publication is a nude release.
Umeyama is a former member of the Osaka-based girl group NMB48 (from 20216 to 2022) as well as of spin-off music group Lapis Arch.
She is clearly trying to establish a name for herself in the competitive world of music idols seeking to build a career after leaving the safety net of their group by taking a more provocative approach in COCOIRO, which features her taking off her ...
What happens when porn stars retire? Most disappear into obscurity after a short career in a highly competitive industry, probably earning money by hostessing, compensated dating, and sex work. A small number are able to switch gears to an adjacent career, such as acting or modeling (such as Yua Mikami). And there are interesting examples of JAV stars who switch to a wholly different occupation, like Hiyori Yoshioka, who works at a sexual health clinic.
We have chronicled various examples of these post-idol careers over the years, and another interesting one recently came across our ...
The veteran Japanese porn star Ann Sasakura announced on August 5 that she had donated money to disaster relief for the Kumamoto earthquake that took place last month.
The quake on July 28 caused widespread damage, left thousands living in temporary accommodation, and has resulted in 36 deaths so far.
Sasakura noted in her announcement on social media that some people might criticize her for making the donation, since working in adult video is not viewed as a respectable profession, despite the huge popularity of its content.
However, most social media users seemed to react positively to ...
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 ...
A sweet romance or a queasy tale of grooming?
The July 31 edition of Abema's Women Who Can't Keep Quiet (season 3) featured a love story in which a former music idol pursued her high school homeroom teacher for three years, eventually leading to marriage.
There is a 16-year age gap between 25-year-old Aki and the 41-year-old Shinichi, though they are now happily married and have a child together.
The unusual story has attracted widespread reporting from news outlets and social media.
Aki pursued him relentlessly, even going so as to write "I love you, Teach" in the class attendance ...
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 ...
We are excited to share more images from the comeback of former top gravure star Kumiko Takeda.
The photo book is 57-year-old Takeda's first in 23 years and the title and cover remain unannounced. It is released on September 9, about a month after Takeda turns a ripe 58 years of age.
A taste of what was to come previously appeared in Weekly Friday, when Takeda did a cover shoot in late June.
Some further images are now available, showing the legendary model in the bath, and letting us revel in her athletic, ageless body. She is lying naked in a bath or on a bed while wearing red lingerie ...
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 ...
