A primary school teacher in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, has been dismissed for attempting to secretly film a female employee at a sex establishment.
The male teacher worked at Naka Daiichi Elementary School in Kakamigahara, but was dismissed by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education on June 19, according to multiple news reports.
In mid-December last year, the teacher attempted to record video footage of a prostitute at a sex establishment in Saitama Prefecture using a smartphone. The woman noticed what he was doing and the police were called. The Saitama Prefectural Police then ...
Gravure idol Asuka Oda has announced the opening of a lounge in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, central Tokyo, where gravure idols will serve customers.
While we have seen similar kinds of gravure bars in the past (as well as bars with active Japanese porn stars for servers), this may be the first opened by an active gradol and staffed by her peers.
The 36-year-old Oda said, "I am pleased to announce the opening of Gravure Idol Lounge Grow in Kabukicho, Shinjuku."
Opening such a business is a long-cherished plan of hers, she shared. "Owning my own place has been a dream of mine. I am ...
It's sometimes easy to forget the Japanese porn stars are real people and that they work in a difficult environment.
The adult video star Riko Hoshino announced on June 17 that she has been diagnosed with adjustment disorder and is undergoing treatment.
The 27-year-old Hoshino had planned a release event for her fifth print photo book, To Leo, at two bookstores in Tokyo on the June 6, but these events were postponed due to poor health, and later canceled.
On her X account, she apologized and explained to fans the situation. "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry. I'm afraid to appear in public ...
The gravure industry has welcomed another newbie to the fold this week -- and someone with an unusual background.
For a start, she's not super-young. Eriko Kimura is 29 (and turns 30 in September) and has a regular job, working at a major IT company. She is currently affiliated with a big entertainment agency, Oscar Promotion, but basically does modeling only on the side.
Kimura just did her first gravure shoot for Weekly Playboy, appearing in the issue released on June 15. She made her official gravure debut last July and released a digital photo book. She got her big break in 2024, where ...
Last week, we reported on the arrest and deportation from Taiwan of porn star Mai Fujisaki, who had allegedly traveled there to engage in sex work.
Such cases are increasing (due to debts, the weak yen, and limited economic prospects in Japan), so much so that it is having serious repercussions for solo female travelers from East Asia, even if they are traveling for purely innocent purposes. Another story from last week was about porn star Yua Fukuda, who was detained at an airport in New Zealand, held for six hours, and then deported.
On June 12, Fukuda revealed on X how she was escorted ...
The Japanese porn star Minamo has announced her retirement.
The wildly popular adult video performer put out a statement on June 14 on her social media channels announcing her forthcoming retirement in December, while Soft on Demand released a special page on its website. It brings to an end a five-year career that has seen the 26-year-old mononymous star rise to the top of the industry.
In that time, Minamo (usually written in uppercase roman letters in Japanese) has achieved significant mainstream recognition alongside her dozens of adult video releases, photo books, and calendars.
The ...
Recently, a Saitama employee at the tax bureau resigned after it was found that she was doing sex work on the side.
Abema Times reported that the Saitama employee was doing sex work to fund her support for an underground idol. She earning approximately ¥1.8 million working at five brothels. She also did sugar dating (papakatsu), receiving about ¥500,000 in compensation from around 30 men.
The employee was punished with a pay cut, though she chose to resign.
This is not the first time that civil servants have been disciplined for working in sex establishments.
It follows a similar story ...
The Japanese adult video performer An Sasakura recently sat down for an interview with Nikkan Spa!, joined by her none other than her mother.
Sasakura is a 39-year-old industry veteran who debuted in February 2016 and has since appeared in over 500 releases. She left her agency last year and is currently working as a freelancer.
She has openly talked of her strict upbringing with a father who is an executive at a major corporation, and her business owner grandfather.
The interview with Sasakura and her mother was proposed by the actress herself, and her mother agreed.
We have translated ...
The trial of a self-professed spirit medium who practiced "Dynamic Wave Divine Technique," and was arrested for engaging in sexual acts with women he brainwashed, has ended with a guilty verdict.
Katsuhiko Ohno was 65 at the time, while his victim (unnamed in media reports) was just 28. Her work in the entertainment industry had dried up due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was feeling anxious about her future, when she met Ohno at a cryptocurrency study group. A friend's husband introduced her, saying, "There's an amazing teacher who practices divine rituals. His power has turned my life ...
On the evening of June 7, adult video actress Mai Fujisaki issued an apology on social media apologizing "for the worry and trouble caused by some media reports."
This refers to reports in Taiwanese media outlet on June 3 and later picked up by Japanese media that Fujisaki had entered Taiwan on a tourist visa and illegally engaged in prostitution, leading to her arrest in a hotel in Tianmu, a high-end residential area of Taipei, and subsequently deportation.
Fujisaki acknowledged the reports. "The incident in question occurred about six months ago." She then expressed deep remorse, ...
