Just when you thought the AKB franchise couldn’t get any bigger, along comes another sister group. The AKB empire has stretched its tentacles all over the Japanese archipelago and even to Jakarta in Indonesia. And now the “idols you can meet” concept finally arrives up in the colder climes of Hokkaido, Japan’s large northern island….

We’ve long said that Tenga are one of the most interesting sex toys brands not just in Japan, but in the whole world. Here’s another example. They are innovative for two reasons. Their approach to sex toys always prioritizes the design of the product, from the way it looks on the outside as well as…

The 2020 Olympics have found their future local star. This young man can run super fast, no doubt because he has energy feeding into his body courtesy of his love for 2D idols. Yes, this is Japan’s fastest otaku. At the Emperor’s Cup 83rd Japan Student Field and Track Championship over the weekend, Hiroki Hashimoto…

Japanese model and actress Karina (30) has made her first appearance after disappearing from public view since spring this year, when the weekly tabloid magazine Friday ran a picture of her in a supposedly post-coital passed-out state. The world was shocked when Karina, mostly known as a fashion model and innocuous TV actress, was pictured…

Summer in Japan is all about watermelons. The large expensive fruits are always bought for parties and excursions, and brought out for the group to whack with a stick and then share. But we don’t think anyone will be whacking this pair of watermelons in Fukui Prefecture, since they resemble a curvy butt — a…

Japan may well have the largest porn industry in the world and a vibrant sex toys market, but so far it has almost entirely been for the male consumer. Now porn for women is finally catching on in Japan. Actually part of this is thanks to magazine Anan, which has run regular sex-themed special editions…

Relax. The Japanese economy has been saved. Engineers are here to rescue industry from the doldrums and produce the next step forward like the Walkman or the Hybrid car all those years ago. Young engineers like this one. Smart boffin Ryuto Soma joins a long line of other tech-savvy hentai geeks in Japan who use…

As we know, Japan’s beaches are dirty and every year at the end of the summer there is a big cleanup operation to try to get rid of some of the garbage. In fact, Tenga were clever enough to turn this kind of cleanup event into a marketing stunt, where the most active cleaners get…

We’ve all fantasized about having sex with idols. Sometimes the idols break the rules imposed (probably illegally) by their management and have relationships, including with fans. Usually what then happens is they get found out and fire. They are left “shamed” for daring to have sex while the partner in question is the envy of…

It can be hard to appeal to school kids, especially when you are trying to teach them a dry subject like mathematics. So you can forgive someone when they resort to gimmicks to perk students’ interest. In the case of one publisher in Thailand, they used a picture of a hot woman on the cover…