The implications for generative AI and porn are manifold, from fully AI-created adult videos to photo books and other content featuring AI “idols” and models. While the government is keen to use artificial intelligence to boost Japan’s declining marriage rate, the police have already started cracking down on using AI to make “obscene” content. What…

The mainstreaming of Tenga, Japan’s most famous and design-savvy adult brand, continues now with the opening of an official store in Zozotown, one of Japan’s biggest online shopping platforms, from September 3. It will sell around 150 types of original Tenga apparel and other items normally available exclusively at Tenga Land (the brand’s flagship store…

The model, dancer, and rapper Karen Kimijima was recently arrested at Naha Airport on suspicion of smuggling synthetic drugs MDMA and ketamine from Thailand. Reported by Japanese news earlier this month, the arrest actually took place in mid-July. The 28-year-old had just arrived at the airport in Okinawa from Thailand via Hong Kong. According to…