How old is too old? When you’re an “idol,” especially in the music industry, the expectation is that you must be young — mid-twenties at most. In a sign that makes us feel, well, old, the early members of AKB48 are now pushing three-oh, if not beyond, but are still determined to milk their fandom….

Every time the Olympics are held, the Olympic Village becomes infamous as a place for athletes to hook up. This year, as previously reported, such fraternizing is being discouraged and the distributed condoms are officially recommended as mementos for athletes to take home rather than use during the Games. Not so for the tens of…

It’s been a long and hard journey, but the Olympics are finally opening in Tokyo today. If you’re an athlete, you will have to put up with “anti-sex” beds (not actually true!) and exhortations not to screw fellow athletes in the Olympic Village (OK, this one is sadly true). If you’re one of the tens…

Japan is often praised for its minimalist design aesthetic. This is then thrown to the wind (or rather, the dogs!) when you go to a love hotel and encounter garishness that makes Gaudí architecture look positively tame in comparison. Similarly for web design, where Rakuten rules supreme despite its utter UX clusterfuck. If Amazon is…

While the Tokyo Olympics enters its second week, the athletes are apparently not having sex in the Olympics Village. But that is certainly not the case for Japanese porn stars, who are kept busy in a prodigious industry that pumps out thousands of new releases each year. In a recent photo shoot, five top Japanese…

We were waiting with bated breath and they delivered: Tenga, Japan’s top adult brand, has blasted off to the edge of space! The whole launch of the Tenga Rocket — part of the Space Tenga project implemented with such partners as entrepreneur Takafumi Horie — was broadcast live online. The MOMO6 rocket left terra firma…

We all know that if you want an anime girlfriend, you have plenty of options — not least, the incredible array of dakimakura body pillows and covers available in Japan. If you want to splash out some more, there are also blow-up dolls for every taste and preference. Of course, there are simpler delights, like…

Regular readers may remember the Upskirt Umbrella from a few years back, a form of rain protection that might just get you arrested. If you love a panchira upskirt view of a girl’s panties, you are in the right country. The latest verification of this comes from the mobile game Azur Lane, in which historical warships…

Up-and-coming actress Minami Hamabe is very much in the Emi Takei and Suzu and Alice Hirose “style” of celebrity: admired for her sweet girl-next-door purity. Of course, that doesn’t mean she’s not a human being with an adult body. As a 21-year-old, she has needs and it would be natural for her to have boyfriends….

We recently wrote about Kana Kurashina’s incredible semi-nude Anan magazine shoot. It reminded us yet again what a great magazine it is: nominally a fashion and lifestyle publication for women, it’s regular sex-themed issues and provocative cover shoots with established models and female actors have continued to grab attention (and seriously boost the careers of…