Here is an incomplete and imperfect list of East Asia's top sex scandals. Please share more examples in the comments below (but no links to sex tape leak sites, please).
We've divided the list by nation alphabetically.
China
Over in the People's Republic, the Chinese model Zhai Ling (aka Shou Shou) landed in hot water when an alleged sex tape leaked online.
Hong Kong
Perhaps the most famous case on this list, the Edison Chen photos scandal from 2008 brought down the career of one of Hong Kong's biggest stars at the time, led to death threats, and arrest for the person who ...
Rola Misaki, aka Rola Takizawa, enjoys only a modest level of fame among Japanese porn viewers but her legions of fans in China revere her as a goddess.
The half-Russian, half-Japanese angel officially seemed on the verge of leaving the AV industry in Japan quite quickly but as one of the most popular Japanese porn stars in China, she has continued her career under the name Rola Misaki.
She has nearly 5 million followers on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo.
Born in 1990, Rola has been seen in the company of a mysterious masked gentlemen of late.
He's not her manager or ...
It's the Chinese turn to be Weird Asians of the Week.
An AFP-Jiji article doing the rounds promises that "high-end China sex dolls offer alternative to adultery". Well, nothing wrong with that. Japan has been doing it for years!
Still, we think they need to do better branding. Apparently the "stand-in companion" is simply called "156". Hardly has the same ring as "Candy Girl", does it?
Named for her height, she is a high-quality sex doll made of thermoplastic elastomer, a rubbery material softer than silicone, with adjustable hands, a removable head and genitals, and available ...
Apologies for yet another AKB48 post but this was too interesting to pass up.
Kyodo News is reporting that Mayu Watanabe's victory at the AKB48 General Election last weekend in the rain came thanks to the Chinese vote, a revelation which should stump the typically right-leaning netizens of Japan.
A Chinese newspaper claimed on June 10th that of the 159,854 votes that got Mayu Watanabe the coveted top idol spot, around 35,000 of those came from fans in China, playing a decisive role in the tight contest with Rino Sashihara.
Mayu Watanabe's supporters in the Third Kingdom ...
We all know that plastic surgery is a dirty secret in Japan and an open practice in Korea.
But what about China?
Well, here's a demonstration of the perils of tampering too much with with what nature gives you.
Fashion model Li Ying Zhi has had some work done on her face, especially her chin, as can be witnessed by comparing her appearance in 2012 with a recent one in 2014.
This is the stunner in 2012 at the Beijing Motor Show, promoting BMW.
But these days she looks rather different (admittedly the quality of the images is also somewhat to blame for the ...
Candidates for the Miss Asia competition were recently unveiled in Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province. The annual beauty pageant is organized by Asia Television Limited from Hong Kong.
China's netizens, however, have been less than impressed by the quality of the ladies.
Saying that, we think these four girls are wonderful, especially number 3!
The point of contention hasn't only been the girls' looks but also their clothes. Look at the swimsuits they have been made to wear!
Now this is more like it...
Still, it could be worse. In Korea ...
If something seems too good to be true, it typically is.
Patrons of a hostess club in Hong Kong may have thought their companions serving them overpriced drinks were going to be super hot, given the images that advertised the ladies to be found inside...
In fact, keen-eyed visitors to the K-Pressure may even have been forgiven for thinking that the girls in the staff list included Japanese Gravure idols Yuri Morishita and Yuu Tejima, given that their photos adorned the outside of the bar.
While it is well-known that certain minor Gravure idols moonlight as prostitutes and hostesses, or are ...
Forget Toyota and Sony, the real beneficiaries of Abenomics and the boost to the economy Japan is receiving (at least in spirit) is Yoshiwara, the old red light district near the Tokyo Sky Tree and still active centuries after it first became a licensed sex area.
Of course, these days prostitution is officially outlawed (thanks to the US occupation for that) but the true Yoshiwara experience can still be enjoyed in the soaplands, where you get a bubbly rub-down followed by other kinds of services.
The increase in tourists to the nearby Sky Tree is having a knock-on effect on the ...
Japanese porn star Sola Aoi (aka Sora Aoi) is immensely popular in China but her latest attempt to flog her titillating DVDs has backfired with the establishment.
She has now indulged in some calligraphy in the country, though it has been criticized as "unskilled" by traditionalists.
That hasn't stopped it from being auctioned for $95,000!
Sola wrote eight Kanji characters at a theme park in Ningbo, which were sold this month.
However, the media has tried to use the opportunity to criticize this "foreign" invader of the flesh.
"The style of calligraphy is childish, ...
Forget politics. When it comes to what's inside their pants, Chinese men are willing to forget about the ongoing Senkaku Islands dispute with Japan.
Namely, hot Japanese porn stars.
Sora (or Sola) Aoi is especially popular, with 13 million followers on the Chinese version of Twitter.
With Japanese cars being trashed, Chinese films being withdrawn from the Tokyo International Film Festival, and trade and tourism collapsing... you might think that Sora should be worried. Apparently not.
A slogan spread among Chinese men earlier this year: “The Senkaku Islands belong to us; Sora Aoi ...
