Noriko Yabu is a 33-year-old artist who takes selfies. Nothing special in that. Except her surreal selfies are underwater, and she’s naked. Her series of images are called Suisou, which could be read as “aquarium” or “cistern” but the characters she uses mean “water funeral”. So is this a dead body in the water? Are…

Yesterday Tokyo Kinky went along to the opening day of Pink Tokyo, Japan’s new adult expo at Differ Ariake on Tokyo Bay. Running until Sunday March 2nd, Pink Tokyo is a chance to interact with sex toy makers and see events with Japanese porn stars and idols. This is the first year it has been…

A researcher from University of Tsukuba has spent many valuable hours developing a way to make otaku dreams come true. This system has been developed officially for “hospital patients” and it basically allows you to “sleep next to” a virtual character. Scientists being the geeks they are, the explanatory images for the system naturally use…

A police officer from Kagawa Prefecture has been arrested for using his smartphone to photograph up the skirt of a female, disguising the camera underneath a legging that he was wearing so as not to contaminate a crime scene. Mitsuru Higashiyama (35) was arrested in January and on February 28th it was announced that he…

It was announced at a press conference yesterday (March 4th) that idol super group AKB48 is now recruiting a new member. Nothing new in that. The difference is that the new girl will be over 30! For a limited time only (April 12th to August 31st), the new 30-plus girl will join the youthful ranks…

Last night in the pouring rain saw the Japan Adult Awards held in Tokyo. The annual prizes are the Japanese porn industry’s chance to pat itself on the back and rewards its top actresses with trinkets for their efforts over the past year. Last year’s winners include Haruki Sato for best actress and Akari Hoshino…

In the past we’ve encountered a thief who targeted hostesses and their shoes, a violent lingerie bandit who literally tears his swag off the bodies of his victims, a bra theft addict, and even a 82-year-old panties thief. Now comes another shocking tale of lingerie larceny… The media has reported the indictment of a man…

With the girls ever younger and the pressure to appear wrinkle-free and with the softest of skin that can stand up to iPad zooms, how do once popular Gravure models maintain a career after they hit 30? Mayumi Ono (小野真弓) was never a mega star in the idol world. Her D-cup and girl-next-door made her…

Getting a side job where you can watch uncensored porn sounds like a male dream come true. But hang on. Uncensored porn? Oh, right, in Japan, due to bizarre adherence to a century-old regulation created to try to make Japan similar to “moral” Christian western nations, porn has genitals blurred out. Technically, if you are…

Tokyo Reporter has an intriguing little report from a tabloid. In the January 31 issue of Shukan Asahi, Minori Kitahara expressed concern over the popularity of a male masturbation aid that attempts to simulate the feeling of sex with an underage girl. Kitahara is a fortysomething female “sexpert” and bestselling author. She was apparently shocked…