A 31-year-old Pakistani man has been arrested for sexual assault on a female high school student on a train near Takao, West Tokyo. Muhammad Afzal is accused of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl as the second grader slept on a train on the JR Chuo Line in August, and then of taking her to a nearby…

When we look back to those first generations of AKB48 in the late 2000s, it almost seems like carefree halcyon days when the nastiness of Japan’s idol industry — which we all knew was there — was not the dominant talking point in the discourse, and everywhere we went we saw ads featuring the young…

Top model and actress Haruka Ayase is reportedly dating a much younger male singer and actor. According to tabloid reports, Ayase (39) is in a relationship with Jesse Lewis (28), who, despite the name, is a Japanese singer with the group SixTones. The pair reportedly visited Las Vegas together this month. Lewis’s father is from…

Back in May, we reported on the shocking arrest of the incredibly popular Japanese OnlyFans adult creator Naomiii. The performer was likely a victim of her own success, which got her noticed by authorities and who found a way to nab her on obscenity charges. The 32-year-old adored by millions for her sensually curvy body…

Once again, Tokyo Kinky’s team was sadly prevented from attending in person due to unavoidable schedule clashes, but the 26th edition of Japan’s largest fetish event, FetiFes, took place on September 15. The biannual event features vendors, talks, and performances by various kinds of idols and fetish artists, from newbies to industry veterans. It’s a…

With all the negative news about hosts right now (especially related to the way that the clubs leave clients in debt and some even force vulnerable women into prostitution), the industry needs some good news. But this might still be bad news for the flamboyant guys. How come? Because it seems that some of the…

A love hotel in Ikebukuro has partnered with a Chinese restaurant, with the result that the ground floor has an eatery and then accommodation for couples on the floors above. The novel combo has attracted attention from netizens, both Japanese and foreign. It makes sense, in some ways, since Ikebukuro is known for its population…

A young Chilean woman recently provoked a lot of ire in Japan when she posted a video of herself doing pull-ups on the gate of a Shinto shrine. The influencer Marimar Pérez-Banus subsequently issued an apology and deleted the video, but we will probably not get the same from another young lady who posed semi-naked…

Yamagata Education Board announced on October 17 that it had suspended a foreign assistant language teacher for six months for taking photos up girls’ skirts in Tokyo. The unnamed man in his thirties works at high schools in the prefecture. The teacher is accused of using his phone to take pics up women’s skirts on…

As we write this, Japan is heading to the polls in an election that might see the ruling LDP lose its majority in the House of Representatives. Of course, we’re less interested in the podgy faces of the LDP policos, most of whom should be off collecting their pensions by now instead of running the…