In a sign of just how much affective labor is valued in Japan, the popular hostess Miyako Sakurai has moved to another high-end Roppongi club in a deal worth reportedly ¥100 million. The move was announced on August 7. Sakurai was a hostess at Jungle Tokyo in Roppongi, where she apparently earned the club around…

You’re safe during that postcoital sleep, right? Perhaps not. A Japanese woman was enjoying her post-sex slumber at a love hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo, when she was sexually assaulted by a 49-year-old man who works at the hotel. The man, Kenji Honda, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, police announced August 8. The incident…

Sexless partnerships account for as much as 64% of marriages in Japan, according to one report by JEX Japan Sex Survey in 2024. The lack of intimacy can be attributed to a range of factor, especially long working hours, small homes with thin walls, and the common custom of all the family sleeping in the…

For almost as long as we have been involved with the adult industry in Japan, since the late 2000s, two big names have always dominated: Tenga, revered for its innovation and sophistication with masturbation toys; and Orient Industry, which has almost single-handedly made Japanese sex dolls internationally famous. The maker of customized, premium silicone sex…

A 61-year-old Austrian man has been arrested for having sex with a partner in the grounds of a Shinto shrine in Kesennuma, Miyagi, on the morning of August 22. The sexagenarian has been arrested on suspicion of disrespecting a place of worship, according to multiple media reports on August 23. Curiously, the man has not…

Be careful when something seems too good to be true. Especially when it’s with someone you don’t know. Dating apps have made it a lot easier to meet people and arrange hook-ups, but you’re still interacting with a total stranger when all’s said and done. According to a media report by Shizuoka TV last week,…

This is either brutally honest or a great example of trolling. An Osaka-based organization involved in combating chikan (molesting) on trains received a package in the mail from Tokyo in July. They opened it up to find a used onahole (male masturbator toy) and a letter. “I released my sexual urges in order not to…

How to deal with depopulation in rural areas? This question has been haunting Japanese regional governments for decades now. Above all, not only do they need to encourage the people who move away to major urban centers for work to return, they really need to target younger people with families. Because above all, these areas…

Say the word “feminist” to a young Japanese guy and you may be surprised by the negative reaction you get. This is partly because the word in Japanese has a stronger connotation, implying what we might call a radical feminist in English. Nonetheless, anti-feminist attitudes can be surprisingly ingrained. And while we might ascribe this…

A survey has found that the number of high school students who have never kissed someone had increased. The numbers of high schoolers with experience of kissing or sex is now around half of what it was in the early 2000s. The Japanese Association for Sex Education’s survey, which it carries out diligently every six…