Revenge porn cases hit a record high in 2023, according to a report by the National Police Agency released on April 8. The agency said that it received 1,812 consultations from people during the 2023 about nude images leaked by a partner or ex-partner. It’s up 4.9% from 2022 and marks the seventh year in…

We love taking a trip not so much down memory lane as Japanese sex history lane, back to the early days of hair nudes (full-frontal shoots) and classic porn from the Showa era. We previously took a nostalgic look at Japanese gravure idols from the 1970s and ’80s that included the comely Nami Asada (麻田奈美)….

More bad news coverage about male hosts as the moral panic over this industry continues. A Kabukicho host was arrested early last week for allegedly exploiting and prostituting a junior high school student who owed his club around ¥6 million. The 22-year-old host Renji (Yuya Inaba) works at the appropriately named Worst Over in Kabukicho,…

When confronted with a scandal, most Japanese politicians rely on a stock phrase: “I don’t recall that.” And so it it was refreshing to see that Hiroyuki Miyazawa, the 49-year-old House of Representatives lawmaker, came clean and stated plainly: “I remember that.” A member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Miyazawa recently resigned his seat…

A US Marine corporal has been arrested for filming a female sex worker in Naha, Okinawa. The 22-year-old was arrested at the scene on May 4 for breaching a little-known law against filming sexual acts. The Marine is attached to Camp Kinser (Machinato Service Area) in Urasoe on the main island of Okinawa. He told…

In Japan, female voice performers are incredibly popular as idols and celebrities despite only displaying their oral talents in their work for anime series and movies. Some are able to carve out lucrative sidelines as models, singers, and gravure idols. If they have the looks and following for this, it is usually apparent pretty quickly…

A Japanese refugee. It sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s not. In fact, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reports that dozens of Japanese citizens receive refugee status around the world every year. And one recent case has generated headlines. Two Japanese women have received refugee status in Canada due to discrimination…

The veteran voice actor Toru Furuya may well be 70 years old and something of a legend in the industry, having provided voices for such series as Conan, Gundam, Dragon Ball, and One Piece, but his career and status is currently facing ruin due to a sex scandal. Furuya married his second wife in 1985…

A male teacher at an elementary school in the prefecture of Gifu has been punished for saving and possessing child porn on his phone. The unnamed 33-year-old educator was suspended for four months, starting May 23, according to Japanese media reports. The school is located in the small city of Kani in the landlocked prefecture….

Yesterday we shared the news about an elementary school teacher suspended (but allowed to keep his job) for downloading child porn. Now comes a story involving another educator up to no good in Japan. A male teacher in his forties has been arrested for taking videos up girls’ skirts in escalators in Tokyo. The man…