What’s the best way to provide sex education for youngsters? At school? Through parents? From their peers? By encouraging them to do research online? It’s pretty well known that sex ed in schools in Japan is somewhat lacking, and you certainly won’t learn about contraception or consent from Japanese porn or TV shows. Well, a…

In a further sign that hosts and hostesses are skillfully trying to reframe the media narrative that has demonized their trade as hotspots for spreading coronavirus infections in Tokyo, the city’s metropolitan government has released educational videos on COVID-19 that see two hosts and a hostess ask doctors questions. After host clubs began cooperating with…

ASMR is one of those things that some people just don’t get. It is, let’s be honest, for a certain type of person or mindset. But there is ASMR and then there’s ASMR. And then there’s Japanese ASMR. Which means at times intersecting with some very strange fetishes. But how about an audio-sensory frisson from…

Oh, to be single again. But one expert has recently warned of the perils of dating and even kissing in the age of the coronavirus. While a lot of the attention has focused somewhat disproportionately on hostess and hostess clubs, the coronavirus pandemic has also massively impacted nightclubs, bars, and live music venues. With the…

In a bid to contain the second wave of the coronavirus around Japan, people are now being encouraged to have “online nomikai” (drinking parties) rather than meeting in person for food and booze at the usual izakaya or restaurant. Thankfully, technology now makes this possible, though the idea has a fatal flaw. One of the…

We are avoiding beaches and public pools right now, given the ongoing coronavirus infection rate, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t thinking about swimsuits. Far from it, they are one of the highlights of any summer in Japan. And to show just how far things have come, we wanted to share with you an image…

Is this the future of kissing between couples in the age of the coronavirus? A playful picture recently shared on Twitter by the idol and mangaka Rin Kaname (of Dempagumi.inc) hints at what kissing might become if things don’t improve some day soonish. The photo shows two people — in this case, two attractive Japanese…

The gravure model Mirai Nishijima, known for her slinky body, recently posted a picture of herself enjoying a wash at a hot spring. Netizens with keen eyes, though, were able to spot something that she presumably thought was tastefully hidden: her left nipple, poking proud through the soap suds and asking for attention. It’s attention…

So far, the highest-profile victim of COVID-19 in Japan has been the comedian Ken Shimura. His death happened fairly early in the pandemic in Japan and since then infection numbers have risen quite a lot as the second wave hits, though deaths have not climbed to a scary rate (yet – touch wood). As entertainers…

Train station toilets can be unpleasant places and may not even be suitable for answering a call of nature. The multipurpose toilets are, of course, wheelchair-accessible. That means they are larger and can host some more intriguing activities, such as trysts between couples. This common trope in porn and white-collar male fantasies was reinforced by…