AKB48’s ever-lovely Atsuko Maeda is set to make a welcome return to our screens this July, playing the crossdressing lead character in a brand-new adaptation of Nakajo Hisaya’s popular manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. Originally adapted as a TV series back in 2007, “Hana Kimi” is the story of Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese high-schooler…

High-brow art is all well and good, but, when you get right down to it, we are all of us primarily concerned with one thing and one thing only. It should therefore come as a welcome but hardly surprising fact that the book that knocked Japanese national treasure Haruki Murakami’s critically lauded 1Q84 into a…

Possibly the only thing better than the sight of a gorgeous girl, bound in submission to serve her master’s every depraved whim, is the knowledge that said image is being auctioned for a good cause to boot. Three months on, the impact of the earthquake/tsunami and subsequent nuclear fears that rocked Japan is still being…

A new survey by the folks over at Time Out Tokyo has provided us an interesting snapshot of sexual habits in the nation’s capital in 2011. Responding to a request from May 23rd, over 800 people eventually completed the survey, painting an illuminating picture of the sex lives of present-day Tokyoites. With male respondents accounting…

Convicted murderer and rapist Ichihashi is clearly a sick guy. But what’s worse than killing an innocent British teacher in cold blood in her apartment? Being his groupie. Yes, at his recent trial in Chiba, just outside Tokyo, Tatsuya Ichihashi (32) attracted groups of female fans every day. The media dubbed them the “Ichihashi girls”….

After generating uproar and surprise when they faked a new CGI member for an ice cream commercial, AKB48 have trumped us again by introducing the “real” Aimi Eguchi. In front of 90,000 fans during a major concert, “Eguchi” joined the regular gals on stage for an encore! It later emerged that we had been fooled…

Japan is the well known for its liking for panties, especially used ones, and for good reasons too. You can get them from vending machines, stores, magazines or…well, you can just steal them if you are so inclined. That’s what 32-year old Satoshi Nakayama has been doing in north Tokyo. He went to a coin…

Imagine learning the date every day by having it literally drawn onto a sexy girl. Nyotai Goyomi is my new favorite toy. It sends you a photo every day to your iPhone or Android phone of a new girl! The name means “girl’s body calendar” (女体暦) and the sharp-eyed among you will recognize the first…

Japan has love hotels, sex shops, adult goods…It’s an erotic paradise. But this is all carefully pigeonholed. Anyone who’s watched mainstream TV here will immediately notice how boring it is. No sex, no nudity, no controversy. Yeah, it’s pretty boring except for the occasional cute presenter. Well, one such cute lady got herself into some…

Sometimes I don’t get Japan at all. And it’s my own country. So-called “sexless” relationships are a big problem here. There are marriages up and down the land where no fucking is happening between man and wife. And it’s not just the middle-aged. Even the youngsters aren’t up to as much as they should be….