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…

A new Japanese movie called Air Doll (空気人形) has been released. We always suspected that it was about time mainstream society took an interest in our ways, and could this be start? The story, about a man who purchases a sex doll that comes alive, is sure to appeal to our sensibilities and that of…

It’s time to go back in history and prove that the Japanese have always been an erotic lot. Do you all know the tale of Sada Abe (阿部 定)? Born in 1905, she is infamous as the prostitute/maid who asphyxiated her lover and boss, Kichiro Ishida, in an inn after days of continuous sex. Kichiro…

This is an interesting topic and one that I get quite angry about. Why is the mainstream Japanese entertainment world so coy about sex scenes and nudity? TV is a joke! Not a nipple in sight. If you want titillation from a “normal” Japanese movie, good luck! And don’t even get us started on the…

A new film explores the feelings of war guilt for Japanese people. Caterpillar is about a soldier, haunted by his experiences of torture and rape in China during the war, who returns to Japan a hero… but without any legs or arms. Though he is torn apart internally by his feelings of guilt for his…

Yuriko Yoshitaka, star of the live action remake of the manga Gantz, didn’t always make her living as a headliner in blockbuster movies. Her first big break had her naked on her back under guys with lots of tattoos and piercings. The now 22-year-old actress is known for her sweet personality and her acting chops….

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again. Japan is too sexy for America. This even means that books are apparently too much too! Kids in New Jersey will have a tougher job finding the Murakami mega-seller in their local libraries now, since one school have banned it for too much sex. Sure, there’s…

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again. Japan is too sexy for America. This even means that books are apparently too much too! Kids in New Jersey will have a tougher job finding the Murakami mega-seller in their local libraries now, since one school have banned it for too much sex. Sure, there’s…

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…