What's the solution to Japan's dating problem? Namely, large numbers of young people just don't seem all that interested in dating.
Well, reports Nikkei Asia, it could be combining dating with getting a foot on the property ladder.
A new dating service in Japan matches singles based not on things like movie preferences or even, shock, physical attributes, but on their dream home.
This might seem random or even just plain wrong as an approach, but the choice of where you want to live reveals things about your values. And if your values don't gel, it will probably be a problem in the long ...
The actress and mature gravure idol Mami Yamasaki is to release her tenth and final photo book.
The photo book, Camellia, will come out in Japan on April 15 from Shogakukan. As announced on February 19, the publication will mark her retirement from gravure after a 20-year career.
Now aged 38 and still unmarried, Mami Yamasaki has got more alluring with age -- and indulged in more explicit photo shoots. She seemed to embrace entering her thirties as the opportunity to strip off for semi-nude shoots.
Mami Yamasaki has aged like a fine wine, getting sexier the older she gets. ...
The tabloids are full of reports that the gravure idol Risa Yukihira has been dating the pop singer Kei Inoo of Hey! Say! JUMP for perhaps as long as two years. The story was first broken by daily sports newspaper Sports Nippon (Sponichi), whose reporters have spotted the pair visiting each other's homes.
The past romantic partners of 33-year-old Kei Inoo, who graduated from the prestigious Meiji University, include retired porn star Kirara Asuka and Japanese announcer and model Misato Ugaki.
Risa Yukihira is one of the most popular gravure idols right now. With her pale skin and alluring ...
The new Korean TV drama A Killer Paradox (Sarinja-ng-Nangam) features a nude sex scene with Choi Mi-geum in the cowgirl position.
The scene only lasts a few seconds, but Choi Mi-geum makes quite an impression. We see the attractive Choi sitting on her male lover and bouncing up and down in short yet intense bobs, closing her eyes in pleasure. She leans back her arms on his legs, all the better to buck her hips gently yet firmly.
We get to see a bit of her butt and then a nice shot of her small Asian breasts. She has lovely skin.
The scene is in the first episode of the Netflix show ...
The Korean musician and model DJ Soda is set to cement her fandom in Japan by releasing her first photo book.
The as-yet untitled book will come out from Shueisha, a major publisher that produces a lot of photo books, on April 5.
DJ Soda shared the news via social media to her millions of fans on February 13, along with some preview pictures and the information that the photo book was shot over a week in Tokyo and Okinawa.
The photographer is ND Chow, who was born in Singapore but is based in Tokyo.
Looking at the photos, it is hard to believe that DJ Soda (whose real name ...
In mid-January, we wrote about the pleasant surprise that was actress and model Haruka Ayase's return to gravure.
Well, this seems to be a bit of a trend right now: actresses and models who were huge in the 2000s and 2010s are going back to their gravure roots.
Aya Ueto has done a cover shoot for the February 27 issue of Flash, which is now on sale. Though she made her debut as an actress in the year 2000, Ueto worked in gravure before she became a big mainstream star, including as a junior idol.
Ueto now has three children, having giving birth to her most recent one last year, and while ...
The insanely popular Japanese porn star Eimi Fukada was spotted on a date at a ramen restaurant in late 2023 with Junnosuke Taguchi, who has also been spotted by reporters coming in and out of her home.
Sporting dyed-blonde hair, Taguchi is not the former KAT-TUN member of the same name but a 31-year-old cosmetic surgeon who works at a clinic in Roppongi. As seems to be the case with everyone these days, he also has a successful sideline as a YouTuber.
They have been dating for around a year and a half, according to a recent report in Weekly Flash, and have even been on a trip to Vietnam ...
The controversial adult video law, which requires productions to allow for one-month contract cooling-off periods and gives greater powers to performers to prevent releases even up to four months after completion of a shoot, was introduced in June 2022. These well-meaning measures are meant to curb coercion, which has been a rampant issue in porn, but many insiders say that the new law's restrictive conditions are too harsh and risk killing off the JAV industry.
Some of the most vocal opponents of the law have been porn performers themselves. Several prominent AV stars launched a petition in ...
In Japan, voice actresses are as popular as music idols, fashion models, and gravure idols. Despite only displaying their vocal talents on the screen, fans adore these ladies, and it's why so many of them have developed lucrative side lines in event appearances and photo books.
Rikako Aida (逢田梨香子) is one examples of a voice actress. Previously known by the stage name Rikako Ito, she is now 31 years old and entering jukujo territory (despite her eternally youthful elfin looks, but this hasn't diminished her fandom.
Also a singer, Aida is is best know for her role as Riko ...
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