The Japanese zentai bodysuit fetish is gradually getting better known. Here is a great way in which the originally little-known subculture can become something new. Yuzuru Maeda is a Japanese artist living in Singapore. Despite the latter’s reputation for being strait-laced, Maeda has turned to zentai to create the Zentai Art Project, a series of…

The actress and model Nanao is known for her leggy charms, “bitchy” persona that she acts up in most dramas and TV commercials she appears in, and her catchy one-word soubriquet that most people seem familiar with these days. Her vixen reputation already seems to dictate TV drama story arcs: surely it was the reason…

What is it about Tenga that seems to inspire Japanese people to make robots? About a year ago a minor meme on the Japanese Twittersphere involved posting self-created visions of a mecha robot that could transform into a Tenga onacup. That was apparently (and bizarrely) related to Valentine’s Day. White Day (where the men give…

People in Japan like to wear masks, especially in the flu and hayfever seasons. Does it make a woman look more mysterious, hiding half a face? Or is she spoiling her charming looks? We know of a Japanese woman whose face we have never fully seen because she is always wearing a face mask. However,…

Only yesterday we were pondering if wearing a mask makes you less attractive and then we see this! Remember Hentai Kamen, the strange manga about the panties-masked “superhero” that was made into a film in 2013? Yes, that Hentai Kamen where the character’s groin has the power to block phone signals, obstruct camera lens and…

The Japanese condom company Okamoto may make some of the best advertising in the industry — from humping dinosaurs to condom-dispenser belts — but it no longer has the crown of world’s thinnest condom. A court in Guangzhou’s Yuexiu District has said that Okamoto must stop using the label in its advertising, because the title…

Gaycation is a new series from Viceland, Vice’s TV channel, featuring Ellen Page and her friend traveling the world in search of gay stuff. Episode 1 is Japan, especially Tokyo and Nichome. Of course, Vice likes to veer toward the sensationalism, as its previous “schoolgirls for sale” article showed, and as such this episode does…

There are some 11,000 registered hostess clubs in Tokyo. We’ve seen plenty of overseas interest in the life of a Japanese hostess before, such as this short video chronicling a regular 24 hours for one Tokyo lady. But what about the foreign hostesses? As we all known, there are legions of Russian and other nationalities…

An AFP article doing the rounds on sites like Japan Today and Mail Online has some bad things to say about Japanese porn. The headline blasts: “Japan’s porn industry preys on young women, say rights advocates”. Well, not an unfamiliar topic, we hear you say. Japanese women are being exploited and abused in Japan’s multi-billion…

Ignition has posted an article about transgender artist Pyuupiru, who makes costumes such as the elaborate “Planetaria” series. The article also provides a glimpse into the domestic arrangements of someone in Tokyo who has undergone sex realignment, living in the suburbs and taking in stray cats. She was born a man, she explains, but always…