The latest survey about sex and romance in Japan to grab the headlines claims that 40% of single men in their twenties have never been on a date. The results of the government survey also suggest ...

Things about gender are not always clearcut in Japan. Some of the guys can spend as much time and money on their skincare and hair as the ladies. Styles of haircuts and clothing too are not always ...

Feti Fes is Japan's top fetish festival. We have attended before and previously posted photo reports that readers seemed to like. It's the kind of event where every little room, cubbyhole, or booth ...

Parco, a leading department store chain in Japan, has issued an apology after it used a "sex booth" to promote an event. The installation was decked out in the style of the "free information" kiosks ...

As already reported several times on this blog, Japan's groundbreaking new porn law that aims to protest performers' rights has now passed the Diet after approval in the Upper House on June 15. The ...

We've been writing a fair bit about sugar daddy relationships (papakatsu) recently. You know what'll make your inner papa happy this year? Not a cheap card wishing him "Happy Father's Day." Not ...

The trial of former KAT-TUN member Koki Tanaka over possession of drugs has now begun in Nagoya. The 36-year-old musician and actor, who was a member of the boy band until 2013 and then a solo ...

Remember the awesome dinosaur-themed love hotel in Machida, Tokyo, we wrote about last autumn? It looks like it was seriously damaged by fire recently. On the evening of June 9, flames were seen ...

Magic Eyes (or Magic eyes as the brand stylizes itself) is one of the best names in Japanese adult toys for the quality of both its toys and box art. Other than a few vibrators and lubricants, the ...

Papakatsu, the buzzword that refers to compensated dating for sugar daddies, is in the news again. Takeru Yoshikawa, a politician with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has been accused of ...