The new AKB48 2013 iDoll Calendar turns your (least?) favorite ubiquitous otaku idols into dolls, complete with paper kami pantsu (literally, god panties — a play on how “kami” can mean both “paper” and “god”), which kind of resemble diapers. On sale from November 30th, the big highlight here is that the ladies have been…

Anyone who shares our love of the kinky gets our endorsement. And when it’s a local, we are especially happy to tell the Web about them. Japanese photographer Issei Suda has paid tribute to the kinky world of Japanese bondage and BDSM with a new photography book, “Rubber”. Place M gallery is exhibiting highlights of…

Another day, another fetish. This time it’s cute girls with twin ponytails — particularly useful for grabbing hold of! Photographer Kan Furuya seems to like young girls with this kind of haircut, so much so that he’s made a whole photo book out of it, Harenochi Twin Tail, which went on sale in late October….

Charges have been dropped against a police officer from Matsudo in Chiba who had been arrested for showing a police ID to an underage girl to try to smuggle her into a love hotel. The twenty-six-year old man had been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping with indecent intent. The girl with Kazunori Ohara was just…

There’s hope for us all yet. We were all a bit sad when SDN48 — the “sexy” version of AKB48, as if those girls weren’t sexualized enough! — disbanded in March this year. Megumi Ohori was one of the groups “talents” and she was also a minor member of AKB48 once upon a time. The…

Noriko Sakai, the former popular singer and tarento whose career was ended a few years ago by the shocking revelation that she and her then husband were drug fiends, is currently trying to make a comeback following a spell in prison. She faces big problems, not least the distrust of the public, broadcasters and the…

A Japanese weekly tabloid, Shukan Bungei, has published a story saying that comedian Shingo Fujimori saying that he got a fashion model pregnant and then forced her to have an abortion, then paying her ¥3.5 million (over $40,000) to keep her quiet. The tabloid claimed that his agency leaked the story to try to overshadow…

They say you should age gracefully. Not so for Yume Yashiro, the Japanese MILF (or jukujo) who shows no signs of slowing down as she gets older. If you ever wonder what happens to the thousands of Japanese adult movie actresses after they pass their “prime”, then Yume Yashiro and her ilk are good indications…

Tenga is a global brand now widely available around the world. But this isn’t a company that’s only obsessed with money alone. It is interested in innovation, which is why it also holds art exhibitions and music events — and also launched this special Respect Yourself range for World AIDS Day on December 1st. The…

Just when you felt you needed a dose of untalented doll-like gaijin celebrity idol, along comes one to fulfill your desires. Yes, Leah Dizon is back, folks! After a minor career in Gravure idoldom, singing and TV appearances, Leah got herself pregnant, quit the entertainment world — before landing a quickie divorce and heading home…