Just when you think Yasushi Akimoto and his minions cannot go any further… they do. AKB48‘s latest sell-out, a TV commercial for Puccho, sees them dancing to the sounds of their own “music” as they eat the product being advertised. But, this being AKB, nothing is simple and everything is queasy. The heads of the…

Orient Industry, Japan’s biggest maker of high-grade silicone sex dolls, is celebrating its thirty-five years of business with a photo contest for customers to send in their shots of their precious love doll companions in all sorts o unusual poses and places. People have been sending in photos of sexy sex dolls in over the…

We are prone to the charms of an intelligent woman and so we wanted to showcase some of the lovely artisans of the pen that occupy these shores. Gravure models are all well and sexy, but sometimes a penetrating mind can be much more enchanting on the eye than its bookish stereotype would have you…

We’ve just come across this hilarious tumblr blog called Where is Tenga? As you might guess from the name, it’s a photo blog featuring Tenga onacups and other designer Tenga adult toys in unusual places, often posed in cute and surprising ways. If you thought Tenga were just there for your private enjoyment, think again!…

If you like a girl with intelligence — and we know there are plenty of hot, smart girls in Japan — then don’t be put off by science students! Sure, they have a kind of geeky image but there is a whole legion of lovely ladies manning (no pun intended) the labs, their beautiful faces…

Talk about having “something to declare” in your luggage… A university student has tried to kidnap a young girl by forcing her into a travel bag and then take her in a taxi to make good his flight. The twenty-year old Tomohiro Kodama brandished a knife at a twelve-year old girl near Hiroshima Station earlier…

A Kawasaki city civil servant and bank employee have been caught sneaking in to shoot pictures of a middle school student cheerleading dance event. The two, aged 36 and 42 respectively, were getting images of the school girls’ cheerleading event during a local culture festival when a teacher noticed their suspicious photographic activities. Apparently the…

The end of the year might still be months away but the merchandising machine knows no time limits for AKB48, whose new official 2013 calendar promises to include “god panties”. Needless to say, these are not real Japanese used panties but some sort of strange underwear advertised as both “eco” and “erotic”. They are even…

All those PR events, ad campaigns, handshaking marathons, and constant music concerts are taking their toil on poor SKE48’s Rena Matsui. Rena is taking some time off after the state of her physique forced her to cancel a handshaking meet-and-greet event recently. Otaku fans, especially those kept waiting to shake an idol’s hand only to…

Regular readers will know how we adore Japanese sex dolls, aka “real love dolls”, especially the luxury models made by Orient Industry, such as the now classic Candy Girl series. Ten years ago it was completely different really, but the web has helped legitimize the erotic art of 100% silicone love dolls. We wanted to…