We’ve just heard of this new documentary which takes a look at one of our favorite places, the love hotel. While we don’t like the preview’s slightly cheap pandering to exoticism and stereotypes about Japan (“in a society where conformity is everything and public affection cannot be shown…” — really?) that just aren’t the whole…

It’s probably uncontroversial to say that Japan is a culture in which more men use professional sex services than in many other countries. Japanese men have few qualms about using call girls and prostitutes. Japan is also a country with a vast porn industry. All in all, this creates men less embarrassed by their liking…

We have no source for this other than Imgur (over 1 million views at time of writing!) and The Huffington Post, so it could be bogus, but we couldn’t resisting re-blogging the exploits of this hapless “lonely Japanese guy” and his efforts to “construct” a girlfriend for himself. While he could have gone down the…

Japan’s current cause célèbre has ended in a victory for art, personal liberty and eroticism with the release of self-proclaimed “vagina” artist vagina artist Rokudenashi-ko/Megumi Igarashi from police custody. She was arrested earlier this week for using Campfire to raise funds for a project involving making a 3D printing of her own genitals. “I have…

What to do about Japan? Its population is aging and its birth rate is falling. That’s the double whammy and not a week goes by without some new farfetched plan being proposed by some idiotic politico. Well, this one might just be the most outlandish one we’ve heard so far and the latest in a…

Will this finally take the crown for AKB48 Fan of the Century? As reported by our friends at JapanTrends.com, one admirer of Yuki Kashiwagi has succeeded in making a working android of her, the Yukirin Robot. AKB48 fans aren’t known for their subtlety or restraint. From purchasing up crazy amounts of CDs and merchandise to…

Japanese weekly tabloid Shukan Post has done a mammoth public service in conducting a superb survey of Japanese women to find out their grooming habits. As in, their bush hair grooming habits! Shukan Post ran an online survey asking 1,000 women about the nether regions. The ladies were aged from 20 to 69, so we…

The advertising for Japanese lingerie is practically pornographic. And we say that in a very complimentary way. Ravijour, who along with Peach John are the lingerie of choice for girls looking to spice up their bodies, have announced their autumn catalog. And given the eye-watering photos they released with it we think these bras and…

Forget Fifty Shades, sado-masochism infiltrates all walks of life in Japan, it seems. Including anime cover hug pillows. Hug pillows (dakimakura) are of course the pillows designed to be “hugged” to help you through the night. Sometimes they are innocent enough (like comfort blankets) but often it’s a euphemism for a type of sex doll,…

Forget Cornelius, Noise and all that. It seems that Japan’s reputation in the world of electronic dance consists of little more than the country that has both technology and horny people. To be fair, it is not wholly wrong. This is the nation of the Shiri robotic ass and the Yukirin AKB48 android. And clearly…