With a few notable and noble exceptions, politicians are mostly on the fiddle or on the pull, their hands in the expenses till or around some girl’s body. It’s a story as old as the hills and pretty much the same in any country, including Japan. You might think that any politician from the Democratic…

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…

Hug pillows (dakimakura) are nothing new in Japan. There is a wealth of pillows out there with cases featuring idols or in the actual body shapes of young girls. Here’s a new twist and its all a marketing stunt. How do you make cockroaches appealing? That’s the dilemma facing Gokiburi Kujo Meister, an extermination company….

We’ve been holding back on this story to see how it developed. No fireworks yet, but it’s still juicy. Does women’s used panties fetish go right to the heart of government in Japan? A Cabinet minister stands accused by a tabloid magazine of stealing female panties. The newly appointed Tsuyoshi Takagi is minister in charge…

The flight attendant is, of course, a much-fetishized occupation. They rank highly among male fantasies, whether that’s joining the mile high club mid-flight while receiving some extra service, or having a liaison at an airport hotel during a stop between flights. Themed costumes are one way to sate your appetite for flight attendant sex role…

The syphilis epidemic in Japan is something that has featured on this blog countless times. Just last year, we wrote about its alarming further growth. We wish we had something more positive to share with readers, but the news just keeps getting worse. The total number of cases in 2023 has already exceeded 10,000 —…

Do androids dream of electric sheep? Do otaku date non-2D women? These are the eternal questions of our times. In the case of the latter, it seems that are some otaku who are keen to branch out into three dimensions. So much so that, well, there’s an app for that. Otakoi (Otaku Love) is a…

If you’ve ever stayed at a traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan, especially a somewhat smaller one, you have likely encountered the women who run them, known as the okami (meaning proprietress, not to be confused with okami — pronounced with a longer oh — that means wolf). Though younger women are often busy doing many…

If you went out at Halloween in Tokyo you might have seen some very scantily clad ladies. Likewise, a trip to Akihabara often means the chance to see idols performing on the street with a lot on display. Flasher idol Asuka Sawamoto famously got herself arrested in 2008 when she did a series of performances…

Gropers on trains in Japan are filming their activities and selling them on websites in China, according to an investigation by the BBC. The recently published report claims that public molestation videos are a growing market, with content sourced from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Known as chikan in Japan and…