With the yen so cheap and inflation relatively low, the hordes of tourists flocking to Japan today enjoy a great time in the country. On the other hand, many people able to work abroad are doing so to earn more money than they can get in Japan. This includes sex workers, who have recently turned…

The implications for generative AI and porn are manifold, from fully AI-created adult videos to photo books and other content featuring AI “idols” and models. While the government is keen to use artificial intelligence to boost Japan’s declining marriage rate, the police have already started cracking down on using AI to make “obscene” content. What…

The mainstreaming of Tenga, Japan’s most famous and design-savvy adult brand, continues now with the opening of an official store in Zozotown, one of Japan’s biggest online shopping platforms, from September 3. It will sell around 150 types of original Tenga apparel and other items normally available exclusively at Tenga Land (the brand’s flagship store…

The model, dancer, and rapper Karen Kimijima was recently arrested at Naha Airport on suspicion of smuggling synthetic drugs MDMA and ketamine from Thailand. Reported by Japanese news earlier this month, the arrest actually took place in mid-July. The 28-year-old had just arrived at the airport in Okinawa from Thailand via Hong Kong. According to…

We’ve showcased the incredible work by fintan (pinakotheca) before. He finds often obscure and esoterica Japanese erotica, such as old magazines and photo books, scans them, shares them online, and then sells the original print copies to anyone interested. Anyone with an interest in Japanese erotica, especially vintage erotica, should follow him on X or…

Eros and Thanatos are closely intertwined, Freud taught. And Asuka Watanabe embodies that curious entanglement. The 30-year-old works as an occasional nude model but also had a former career as an embalmer — specifically, the type of embalmer called a yukanshi, who specializes in the ritual washing of a dead body, as made famous in…

Ahn So-hee is a former Korean singer who used to perform with the girl group Wonder Girls from 2007 to 2013. As an actress, her biggest credit to date is probably a role in the horror movie Train to Busan in 2016. We discovered that Ahn So-hee may have also done nude sex scenes in…

While train gropers (chikan) are a well-known problem in Japan, people exposing themselves (particularly men to younger women) is another variant that combines the thrill of exhibitionism with the crueler fetish of enjoying the discomfort it induces on a vulnerable woman. The classic choice of locations for such flashing is a public park, but it…

The actress Aya Ueto is to release a new photo book in July. Shot in Taiwan, Midday Reverie comes out on July 10 from Takarajimasha. The photographer is Kotori Kawashima, famous for his photos of a young toddler called Mirai, though he has done photo books for models before, such as Nanase Nishino and Asami…

I Would Rather Kill You is a 2025 softcore South Korean film with plenty of nudity from its young female stars. The movie is about two sisters who leave the big city for a remote village, where their arrival soon triggers all sorts of erotic encounters and sexual shenanigans. Kim Ju-eun has a pretty hot…