This month sees the start of the university entrance exams all over Japan. It’s a tough time to be young. Hours of cramming followed by hours of tests in strange colleges, sometimes in strange cities. How do you keep your spirits up during this stressful time? Well, this youngster was snapped about to take the…

Japanese police have bagged the latest major criminal in the land. An 82-year-old panties thief will meet justice at last after cops in Hyogo Prefecture arrested Tsuyoshi Matsusue on Sunday. The octogenarian had been sighted stealing a 59-year-old woman’s pair of underwear from her garden, says Tokyo Reporter. The sprightly pensioner made off with his…

An otaku has made a shocking confession that he bought 3,000 CDs due to his obsession with Rina Ikoma, the 18-year-old idol and member of girl group Nogizaka46. Naturally he is also a regular attendant at Nogizaka46 handshaking events. These meet-and-greet sessions are where they can have a few seconds of bliss stroking the hand…

We often talk about chikan on Tokyo Kinky. There is a strange subculture in Japan where certain men think it’s okay to grope women on trains. In fact, there are even certain “clubs” that organize these kinds of mass groping sessions on public transport. But if you get found out it can bring your fantasies…

The animal. The technician. The flashy guy. It’s time to save women from these guys. So say Ravijour, the Japanese maker of some very sexy bras. As part of the lingerie brand’s tenth anniversary, Ravijour has created a bra that “automatically unhooks” when the right man is on the scene. It knows “how women truly…

A 53-year-old unemployed man has been arrested and charged with sneaking into an elementary school in Takaoka City in Toyama Prefecture, and stealing a large quantity of school satchels and other examples of school property. He was first arrested and charged with stealing the satchel of a 7-year-old student on December 7th, but after that…

Another day, another fetish-related crime. We only just recently blogged about the man who stole everything from satchels to curtains from an elementary school, and now comes this news — first shared on Tokyo Reporter — of a thief whose interests was exclusively the shoes of hostesses. Well, anything related to hostesses we can understand;…

Japanese girls are world experts in make-up. Almost no girl leaves the house without at least a dab of blush or foundation, and women quite advanced in years can still look superb. Skin quality is praised above sexiness. Recently there has been a trend for celebrities posting pictures of themselves as suppin (no make-up) on…

If you’re a AKB48 fan, you are probably a vulnerable individual with money to burn and an appetite for over-priced merchandise. And if you know someone like that or come into contact with them — be warned. They may just steal your money. As we know, otaku fans idol groups are famously willing to put…

We all have images we like to look at when we, you know, service ourselves. Purikura are the “photo club” booths popular with young Japanese, who pose and then customize and decorate the images with their friends. This guy seems to have a serious thing for not only female high school students — who can…