As we know, idol groups, most notoriously AKB48, will exploit fans who want to purchase ways to vote for members in “election” or for chances to shake their hand. They do this by selling these privileges as slips of paper included with CDs or other products. The most recent campaign has been a tie-up with…

The annual Honen (or Hounen) Matsuri was held recently, confirming once again what a horny religion Shinto is. The festival in Aichi is Japan’s second most famous fertility festival, after the now insanely popular Kanamara Festival in Kawasaki, which takes place next month. Honen Matsuri takes place on March 15th, appropriately the day after White…

When you need something done, crowdsource it. And we know that Japanese netizens are a creative and resourceful bunch. For Valentine’s Day (when girls give guys chocolates in Japan), Tenga became the Tenga Robo… a mecha creation for pleasuring the men. For White Day (March 14th, when the guys give chocolates to the girls in…

Former office48 (part of the AKS group) executive Takashi Nodera has been arrested and imprisoned for filming illicit naked videos of the young idols under his charge. There has been total silence on this so far in the mainstream media, as well as, needless to say, from the powers that be at AKS, the company…

Porn star Saki Otsuka turned herself into a photographer a little while ago now when she released her photography book “Mitsubai nude” in 2012. Since then she’s produced quite an impressive body of work. Once again working with ERECT magazine, the occasional publication with the best name in the world, Saki Otsuka has created “MEME”,…

The Japan Times published a recent article about the fascinating — and inspiring — tale of Rie Saito. Saito, who lost her hearing at age 1, plans to run in the April 26 election in Tokyo’s Kita Ward Assembly as a Nippon wo Genki ni Suru Kai (Party to Revitalize Japan) candidate. A best-selling author…

Make Room (Make-Up Room) is a new drama film about a fascinating topic: the people who do the make-up for porn stars. It’s written and directed by Kei Morikawa, and stars Aki Morita as the titular make-up artist, as well as three actual porn stars: Riri Kuribayashi, Beni Ito, Nanami Kawakami. Originally a play by…

Another week, another sex-themed article about Japan gets written and hawked around. AFP has written an article about Japan’s “silver porn” industry and the wire service has sold it to countless other publications around the world. We’ve seen these pieces before, such as in The Guardian. And of course, it’s hardly news. There has been…

Japan’s top cosplayer, Iiniku Ushijima, is set to make her JAV porn debut at long last. Sadly not. This was an April Fools’ Day joke by a Japanese porn label. A million cocks sprung up when Prestige made the “announcement”… on April 1st. No, Japan’s slinkiest cosplay idol is not switching over to the porn…

Japan is a country where the Kanamara penis festival (held yesterday) is fine but the depiction of the female genitalia is not. The two arrests of Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi) have caused a furore around the world — to be accurate, mostly around the world, not in Japan. The overseas press is much more interested in…