In the same week that the AKB48 moneymen claimed victory in the amount of hype and advertising cash their well-greased PR machine could turn their "election" campaign into -- comes a scandal that proves just how controlled and fake they are.
A minor member of the band, Rino Sashihara (b.1992), has sort-of admitted to the rumors started by a tabloid that she seduced one of her otaku fans.
Shock horror! A girl exploiting her fame to get some fun and pleasure for herself?!! Well, it's okay if it's men (unless you go as far as, say, Edison Chen), but with an idol, and especially for ...
Mieko Tanaka, the sexy young politician in the ruling DNP party, has been caught with her lover visiting a hotel.
Not such a big deal -- after all, even politicians have needs -- except that her man, a senior civil servant, is married, according to the Shukan Shinshio, published on June 14th. Adultery in Japan is often forgivable if you are a man -- but the women are not so lucky, and can end up tainted with the brush of promiscuity or the temptress.
After a roadside kiss near Osaki Station in Tokyo, the pair headed for some no doubt more advanced stages of foreplay in a hotel. Tanaka ...
We've just discovered this incredible series of "public toilet" Japanese porn titles, where Mika Osawa and others gets locked up in medieval stocks, to be subjected to bukkake, penetration and whatever else the visitors to the toilet desire.
Not for the faint-hearted, this is BDSM JAV at its best!
The latest entry is Public Sperm Toilet Superstar Submission, a classic of cumshot
With graffiti on her legs tagging her with her price, Mika is then submitted to multiple sex from multiple partners at once...culminating in TWENTY ejaculations!
In Fantasy Public Toilet, Mika is ...
It's not often we like to use the term "only in Japan" but sometimes it's just about right.
Though it's defunct, at the height of the love doll boom in 2004-2005 (at least, boom in its recognition in popular culture), when TV shows were finally taking an interest in the amazingly ultra-realistic silicone brides of Orient Industry, and there were even doll rental services -- then in your book store you may have been lucky enough to get a copy of the glossy magazine i-doloid.
Made by Core Magazines, who specialize in adult or underground mags, sadly it's now no longer in print, it ...
It might be summer but it's still the season for April Fool's, especially when it involves two things the Japanese really love: technology and porn!
An enterprising CEO of aptly named design firm "Life is Good" decided to play a joke on his employees, where he rigged their computers to play JAV porn from a Japanese streaming site as soon as their machine booted up.
You can check out the amused but panicked reaction of one employee just arriving (all sweaty from the Japanese early summer heat) and signing on, and the giggling schadenfreude of the rest of the team as they wait for the ...
Masako Umemiya is an actress and model born in ...
What is it about them? Is it their skirts? Their coy -- but likely experienced -- looks? I don't know exactly but there's something about Japanese high school girls that gets every man randy!
You may often see them hanging around Shibuya temptingly by themselves waiting to be picked up for a "date" (the so-called enjo kosai compensated dating trend that seems hardly in the media these days).
Sometimes we've seen such high school girls out on dates with foreigners too, perhaps English teachers providing extracurricular support.
But you need to be careful. Even with Japan's ...
JAV porn star Saki Otsuka has turned photographer to make her own photography book, called, temptingly, "Mitsubai nude", to be released this month by ERECT magazine.
The magazine is an annual journal focussing on underground manga and subcultural figures, and this photography book is a kind of spin-off. The magazine itself is not pornographic but Saki has been a contributor before and, as the name ERECT perhaps hints, one of the backers is apparently a porn company.
"Mitsubai nude" (mitsubai means "bootleg") will feature Saki in a number of aquatic and sensual poses . It's being ...
It was the last time that Atsuko Maeda would be appearing -- though she wasn't actually "running" -- and inevitable the latest AKB48 "general election" has been an insane blitz of publicity, with massive ads on TV (in collaboration with Google+) and on major websites.
It was shown live on TV for several hours and streamed online too. However, given how anemic viewing figures for AKB48-starring dramas and movies have been, and, compared to the advertising and hype, how, despite being touted as "top-sellers", the music sales have also been relatively modest (compared to market leaders, say, ...
In an example of brilliantly timed PR, as the much-trumpeted AKB48 "general election" is having -- with Atsuko Maeda for the last time -- the women's fashion magazine Anan features a very sexy, semi-nude shoot with Yuko Oshima on its front cover this issue.
This got us thinking. Forget the gravure idol magazines and weekly mags like Playboy. The really sexy photo shoots with famous models are actually these mainstream women's fashion magazines!
Anan in particular has carved out a reputation for scoring deals with well-known stars to strip off in body-flaunting shoots.
Such ...
