A 22-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested for allegedly swindling over ¥400,000 from a man in his seventies.
The pair met on a dating app. Kanon Hiroshige is suspected of fostering romantic feelings in the man to induce him to send money, and even staging a ruse to make it appear as though she had died from an illness. The company employee from Yokohama has been arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Between last year, when she was a university student, and this year, she allegedly made false claims to a man in his seventies who was smitten with her. She told the man she needed ¥420,000 for ...
The Japanese porn star Riko Hoshino has announced her return to work after undergoing treatment for an adjustment disorder.
"I will resume my activities in mid-August and strive to meet everyone's expectations in the best possible way, while approaching each and every job with a sincere heart," she wrote in a statement released on social media.
In mid-June, we shared the news that the 27-year-old had been diagnosed with an adjustment disorder and was undergoing treatment.
Her mental health struggles were affecting her ability to promote her fifth print photo book, with events at bookstores ...
MYLORD was one of the iconic parts of the Shinjuku retail landscape from 1984 to 2025. The somewhat dubiously named mall mostly housed apparel shops, frequented by young women and staffed by the same demographic.
After MYLORD closed, many lamented what would replace it -- and it seems that some of the women who worked there have moved into a very different industry. Or at least one has.
Hinako Tomine (東峯日奈子) is a new Japanese adult video star who makes her porn debut with a release from E-Body that came out June 26. The 148-minute release (OFES-032) emphasizes Tomine's H-cup ...
The Japanese model and actor Ayaka Miyoshi recently attended the VETEMENTS show at Paris Fashion Week Men's where she wore an eye-catching item by the brand that left much of her ass on show, not to mention her back and shoulders.
In her now-signature black, the dress covered her body on the front with a leather robe or apron, but left things mostly bare behind, with the dress or leotard hugging her waist, and sheer pantyhose letting everyone see the full length of her legs, including the butt cheeks. Keep in mind, she was wearing this outside when she arrived at the event.
From the ...
When we first heard the story a few days ago, we thought it had to be a joke. But then we saw the pictures and our proverbial jaw hit the table.
While it is now sadly common to see news reports about people trying to smuggle in drugs and other contraband into Japan, the method employed by one Chinese executive to smuggle in gold takes the cake: the 46-year-old resident of Chiba was arrested for attempting to smuggle in 49 kilograms of gold in 38 bars on a cargo flight from Shenzhen to Narita Airport, hidden inside three sex dolls.
The executive and five others have been arrested this ...
This week, one of the biggest crime stories related to the sex industry has been the arrest of five people at a high-end brothel in Yoshiwara on suspicion of violating the Anti-Prostitution Act.
The 55-year-old operator, who was among the arrested on June 22 and June 23, is suspected of earning ¥5.5 billion in revenue over approximately eight and a half years. Investigators think Louvre had as many as 36 woman on its books. It has been in business since 1983 and would serve around 20 customers a day, who paid ¥80,000 for a two-hour session. Customers would pay about the official fee of ...
There are comebacks and then there are comebacks. We have seen a fair few returns to gravure in recent years, but surely none are as welcome as Kumiko Takeda.
It was announced this week that the 57-year-old Takeda is to release her first photo book since 2003. The former model and actress shows off her body in preview images released this week and also featured in a 10-page cover shoot for Weekly Friday today.
The book, which is released on September 9, is shot by leading gravure photographer ND Chow and released by Kodansha. It is billed as an homage to her past shoots.
Takeda says: "I ...
The gravure idol and actress Nana Asakawa has a sex scene toward the end of the third episode of Netflix drama Viral Hit, which recently started streaming globally.
The show is known as Kenka Dokugaku in Japanese and based on a hit anime series, itself based on the popular webtoon created by Park Tae-jun and Kim Jung-hyun.
Kota Shimura is a bullied high school student struggling under the weight of his mother’s medical bills and constant abuse from school bullies. His life couldn’t be more bleak… Until one day, an opportunity suddenly falls his way. When a fight with a classmate is ...
Mei Hanada has been sacked by AKB48 for having a personal relationship with a fan, it was announced by the music group's management today.
Hanada has been on leave since May, having suffered mental health issues from the end of last year, which had caused her to be repeatedly late.
Management somehow found out about her meetings with a certain fan while on leave, which Hanada claimed were just chance encounters that happened twice, but management investigated further and determined had actually happened on multiple occasions.
She apparently wanted to return to AKB48 and management claim ...
A few years ago, what seemed to be a sexual assault openly taking place on the streets of Shibuya during the Halloween cosplay party turned out to be an adult video production being film guerrilla-style among the actual crowds of bystanders.
Ah, those were the glory days before the pandemic and a crackdown destroyed Halloween in Shibuya, and before new porn legislation imposed stricter rules that have greatly increased production schedules.
Nonetheless, some bold types working in JAV still try their luck with seat-of-the-pants productions and edgy stunts, but the consequences are sometimes ...
