A 29-year-old public servant in Tokyo's Adachi ward was arrested on February 17th for attempting to kidnap a young girl.
Kentaro Makino previously went into the grounds of an Edogawa ward condo in July last year. He waited there for kids coming home from school. Soon enough a 10-year-old elementary school student arrived, who he threatened with a knife and told her he'd bring her home again as long as she kept quiet. He then put handcuffs on her and put her into a large boston bag.
However, the girl put up a fight and screamed her lungs out, so a frightened Makino dropped his spare ...
Here's a cautionary tale just after Valentine's Day to remind us how wrong things can go.
A 48-year-old life insurance employee was arrested on February 13th by police in Shakujii in Nerima in Tokyo. Yokohama resident Keisuke Munakata is accused of sending threatening notes to a girl he met at a wedding party in 2013.
Munakata and the 27-year-old girl from Nerima dated last year. But when things went wrong, Munakata sent her a note saying "Keep your eyes out. Something might happen to you." This intimidation apparently continued from from last December to January.
The pair met at a ...
While much of the economy is struggling to find any positive effects from PM Abe's fiscal policies, and consumers are dreading April and the impending raising of consumption tax, there is at least one industry that seems unaffected by the financial doldrums.
Love hotels are doing big business.
As we know, sex always sells. It doesn't matter what the crisis is, people will always pay for sex -- whether that is with their partner, material for their own private fun, or to hire the services of a professional.
An AFP article has picked up on the love hotel phenomenon as a sign that ...
It's snowing in Tokyo right now, making for a very chilly Valentine's Day.
Unlike the west, February 14th in Japan is the day for the ladies to give chocolate or gifts to the guys, who then reciprocate on March 14th ("White Day").
Either way, it's a day when the love hotels are always fully booked -- especially because this year it falls on a Friday -- so getting your Valentine's Day treat requires some planning if you don't want to be disappointed.
Popular dates include a trip to Tokyo Tower, an aquarium (lots of dark corners for snuggling), going to see a movie (not as obvious ...
We like slightly larger girls. Girls with a little bit of curve to them. The recent naked butt of Ayaka Sayama was enough to get our blood racing.
A new Japanese idol group called Chubbiness showcases girls who are, not surprisingly, a little larger. The ten ladies will be making their professional debut in March.
What do you think? Will these idols be a hit?
There has been a bit of a surge in interest in large ladies of late, including popular comediennes and even a fashion magazine devoted to pocchari women.
While Chubbiness are a little too, well, chubby for our ...
In 1995 Ganari Takahashi helped set up Soft on Demand and it has grown to become the biggest porn producer and retailer in Japan. SOD is one of the prime reasons that Japan is said to be the largest consumer and creator of pornography in the world.
But in 2005, after netting himself $10 million, he turned his back on the industry that he had done so much to create, becoming a... farmer. Yes, Takahashi set up a farm co-operative in 2006, hoping to use some of his know-how about pink celluloid for other purposes (and spend ¥1 billion of his own dosh in the process).
This was no pipe ...
A trip to the dentist can often be a nerve-wracking thing, especially if your pearlies need some painful work done.
But this pervy dentist in Ichinomiya City in Mie Prefecture did little to allay his patient's fears. Rather, apparently he was just intent on having a good time for himself.
The 53-year-old took a charm to the twentysomething woman who came to his hospital to get her teeth fixed.
He told a dubious story that "massaging your chest will help the alignment of your jaw" and promptly took her to side-room in his clinic. Whether she was naive or just scared, we don't ...
It's not easy being a Japanese male porn start.
They are literally just a handful of bonefide stars (and thousands of anonymous performers) in an industry dominated by the girls. To make ends meet they might perform in up to six films a week!
With men so dispensable, it's time to stop screwing around, as they say.
On April 1st, the Japan Porn Actors Association (JPAA) will come into existence. But this is no April's Fool Day stunt.
Inspired by the problems with HIV and STDs that paralyzed the American porn industry last year, the JPAA has been created by veteran actor Genji ...
We love selfies. Correction: we love to look at cute girls' selfies. In Korea there are plenty of lingerie selfies out there.
What about Japanese girls? Well, there Jigadoribu, or "selfie club", which features a stunning array of a Japanese Gravure models posing for selfies.
The images are drawn from the models' own Twitter accounts as they take behind-the-scenes snaps (of varying quality) from their latest photo shoots or just showing off their bodies at home, whether in lingerie, cosplay or just ordinary wardrobes.
The models co-operate in the scheme by tagging their ...
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 blame him?! -- but also the pictures of the girls taken in the Purikura booths.
This picture was originally posted by the man himself on Twitter before it exploded online and earned the scorn of 2ch.
Fortunately he is wearing a (scary) mask but his lair, decorated floor to ...
