The actress Ryoko Hirosue has been accused of adultery with a famous chef.
In a scoop published by Bunshun this week, photos show the 42-year-old going to a luxury hotel where the 45-year-old chef Shusaku Toba, who runs a restaurant called sio that has a Michelin star, was also staying. The two are already known for being close.
There's an aphorism, often muttered by jaded guys on bar stools between swigs of beer, that it doesn't matter what you look like or even about your personality, hot women will inevitably go to bed with you as long as you're funny, tall, rich, or a successful ...
On May 31, Kyoto police arrested a 37-year-old man who runs a hair salon in the city on suspicion of "quasi-forced indecency."
Teppai Kozaki is accused of forced use of a massager on a woman.
The charge relates to an act allegedly done quite some time ago -- February last year -- in which Kozaki sexually assaulted a female customer in his salon for 40 minutes.
The 24-year-old woman was lying back in a chair to get her hair dyed when Kozaki allegedly started to use a massager on her genitals over her clothes. It is unclear how the victim reacted and whether she attempted to escape but was ...
We've said it before and we'll say it again: we think shunga, erotic woodblock prints, are one of the most impressive and significant parts of Japanese historical culture, and that the government should be singing its praises from the rooftops, instead of trying to hide them and keep people from seeing them under threat of prosecution.
Fortunately, we are no longer alone. Shunga has achieved global success, not least in the form of a very successful art exhibition in Britain in 2013, which belatedly came to Japan in 2015 and attracted huge crowds.
Money talks. Organizers now can point to ...
The latest nude selfies goddess to catch our eye and that of Japanese netizens is a very slinky babe who clearly loves mirrors and revealing costumes.
Her series of sexy selfies feature her slender body in ravishing lingerie, complete with fur and frills. One of the G-strings she wears is so tiny, the string disappears between her shaved labia. We also love the pearls.
She's definitely paipan (fully shaved) downstairs, though also generously includes at least one shot with hair. She's not afraid to take close-ups of her legs spread wide.
Her wardrobe of costumes is evidently quite ...
Japan is a great nation of customizers, adapters, and modifiers. You can see it in the cuisine, which is often a fusion of different influences and turned into something new.
It's also evident in various subcultures.
Though original content is common too, Doujinshi (privately printed/bound magazines and manga) are sometimes a type of fan fiction, where people make their own versions of popular professional manga and anime.
Cosplay is similarly derivative. Fans dress up as their favorite characters and put a new spin on the franchise.
But when does derivation go too far? When it's ...
How to turn Japanese women on? Or even, how to turn just any women on?
This is a question that keeps us up at night.
Fortunately, there's plenty of advice out there if you know where to look.
And one such source of pearls of sexual wisdom has been added to the mix in the form of this new YouTube video.
Over the course of roughly 12 and a half minutes, the male and female hosts share five tips. It's in a mix of Japanese and English, but with English subtitles throughout.
The video is made by standup comedian Meshida and Eri Natsume, a sex counselor who has recently begun posting online ...
We've always had a soft spot for Yuriko Yoshitaka, not least because her young debut means she seems to have been with us forever.
She has one of the most recognizable faces in the land, plastered on ads for drinks, banks, and more.
And she remains unmarried, despite being her looks and fame. Or perhaps it's because of her looks and fame: she may be fussier than others and unwilling to settle down with someone unless they
If so, good for her.
But her father seems to think otherwise. In a bizarre interview with Bunshun last month, Yuriko's father suggested that his daughter ...
Has the woke brigade, as some disparagingly call it, finally caught up with Japan?
The gentrification of Kabukicho is still ongoing and a new commercial complex, imaginatively called Kabukicho Tower, recently opened in the Shinjuku nightlight and red-light district.
Many noted that though it has conventionally gendered toilets on the upper floors, its second-floor restrooms are designated "all genders." The only segregation, according to the pictographs, is by whether you want to stand or sit down in the unisex stalls. The restroom has a shared washing station.
Some have hailed this as a ...
Another day, another celebrity adultery scandal. Sometimes it feels like this.
But there's something a little different about the latest (minor) scandal to hit the news.
Yukie Joji is herself a reporter. The 48-year-old is currently seen doing live reports twice weekly for a show broadcast on CBC and TBS.
Since its employees apparently have little important journalism to do, scoop-hunters from Flash trailed Joji as she enjoyed a date in Yokohama's Chinatown in mid-April. She and a man lined up to enter a popular restaurant. They allegedly left the restaurant after their meal and held hands ...
If Instagram is to be believed, everyone has a personal trainer these days and is obsessed with developing the perfect muscles.
In Korea, it's called geongangmi (healthy beauty) and here in Japan it's led by influencers who moonlight as models and trainers like Rose Melle or Kyoka, or female celebrities who show off their sporty bodies.
And if it's sheer muscles you're really into, Reika Saiki straddles the world of bodybuilding, gravure, and cosplay with serious aplomb.
But what about female otaku? Don't they also want to build up their muscles in between pursuing their oshi ...
