Japan is the well known for its liking for panties, especially used ones, and for good reasons too. You can get them from vending machines, stores, magazines or...well, you can just steal them if you are so inclined. That's what 32-year old Satoshi Nakayama has been doing in north Tokyo. He went to a coin laundry in Ikebukuro, a rather run-down part of town, and helped himself to pairs of girls' underwear from the driers. And he didn't stop there. He also couldn't stop his wandering hands from snatching off panties from ground floor apartment balconies as they were hanging out ...

Some of you may or may not have heard of a fun little cell phone app called Bijin Tokei (Beautiful Girl Clock). The premise is simple. Two different girls from different locations in Japan every minute of every day. Why check the regular clock on your phone when you can get ladies along with the time. Since the inception of the first Bijin Tokei, many spin-offs have been made, including the ability to search for beautiful ladies showing the time in their favorite Japanese city. Just last month, the newest version of this little sexy lady lock took the stakes up a notch. Introducing ...

As some of you may be aware, underwear thieves are a real thing here in Japan and they will stop at nothing to get our panties. Sponichi reported that yesterday in Kobe, a 54 year old fishing enthusiast used a 4 meter long fishing pole to snag a 21 year old girl's dedicates off a second floor veranda. After hearing a noise, the victim's husband realized what was happening, went outside and held the perpetrator until the police arrived. I have mixed feelings about the whole underwear thief phenomenon. Don't get me wrong, these guys have something wrong with them and are way creepy ...

Yes, I know. Us Japanese are a strange bunch. There are plenty of folks who like used panties of course. And there are even people who like refrigerated panties! A hot day? You want an ice cream? A cool drink? No, let's get some nicely chilled panties! Yes, for 980 yen (about $11.60) you can get yourself a pair of refrigerated girls' panties in either pink, blue or mint green. Blue is apparently the most popular! Personally I can't think of a better thing for the last humid weeks of summer! I know what part of me gets the most hot on a sweaty day! It's still over thirty here in Tokyo ...

Oh, the joys of technology...Police in Niigata, northern Japan, have arrested Takeshi Saito for using his phone to shoot video up girls' skirts. The twenty-seven year-old apparently had multiple videos and still images stored on his phone -- not very smart unless you want to get caught red-handed!　 What was Takeshi's spot of choice? A 100 Yen shop on the second storey of a shopping mall in central Niigata City. While the girls in their twenties were checking out the products, Takeshi was checking out their knickers! After he was discovered he tried to get away -- but CCTV camera ...

We all like a good read, right? Forget all those naysayers who bang on about falling literacy levels and the quality of publications today. I read every day -- and almost all of it is porn or porn-related! Fortunately I am blessed enough to live in Japan, where there is a lot of porn. Gawd, we've got porn manga, porn in newspapers, magazines...and we've even got girly mags that give away used panties! One of the most famous and popular of these is called, not unsurprisingly, The Best. Every issue is filled with juicy pics of lovely ladies scantily clad in lingerie, bikinis...or ...

Wow, it seems that recently everyone's talking about used underwear in Japan! Back in 2006, Japan Probe pointed out a shop in Akiba selling used panties. In 2007, Danny Choo was on the case of a shelf of school girl underwear up for the taking. Yawn, not exactly new, right? We all know the Japanese penchant for possessing -- and doing things with -- underwear that's been worn by school girls or sexy models. Well, you may have read Tokyo Reporter's blog about JAV stars' panties up for sale online. The site, SEXUS, runs auctions for the used underwear of top models like Saori Hara and ...