The flight attendant is, of course, a much-fetishized occupation. They rank highly among male fantasies, whether that's joining the mile high club mid-flight while receiving some extra service, or having a liaison at an airport hotel during a stop between flights. Themed costumes are one way to sate your appetite for flight attendant sex role plays (and if you're alone, how about a flight attendant pocket pussy?). Other guys adopt a different approach, it seems. According to a report from the Kyodo news agency, around 70% of Japanese flight attendants say people have taken photos of them ...

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Well, isn't this just the pot calling the kettle black? A prominent lawyer known for his work to stamp out sexual harassment is himself now being sued by an actress he represented for, you've guessed it, sexual harassment. The complainant is a 25-year-old woman who goes by the name Chino. The stage actor wants the 47-year-old Izutaro Managi disbarred and is seeking ¥11 million in damages. Managi has spoken in the National Diet on the issue of harassment and frequently appears in the media to discuss the problem in the theater and movie business. In 2018, Chino set up a support ...

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As regular readers will know, one of our preoccupations is the afterlives of idols: what happens to music, gravure, and adult video idols after they retire? Aya Takanashi is a freelance columnist and writer. She claims she made her debut as a porn star in 2016 because "I had nothing else to do" and then left the industry after two and a half years. In a recent article for Spa!, she says she was able to return to the "daytime world" (meaning the non-porn world) as if nothing had ever happened. After her AV career ended, she worked for a while as a scriptwriter for social network games before ...

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The Japanese actress Kasumi Arimura is best known for her sweet, gentle looks. She is usually seen with a smile on her face while advertising tea or something similarly innocuous (though she did do some gravure stuff early on in her career, much like Haruka Ayase also did). And so she is a surprising casting choice for the lead role in the new Netflix film Call Me Chihiro. Her character is meant to be a former sex worker who takes up a new job at a bento lunchbox shop in a seaside town. (We were also surprised to see that she is now 30. She seemed so much younger.) Though Netflix has ...

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International Women's Day is celebrated in all kinds of ways and you often see marches in Japan, where women certainly need more advocates. Our friends at Kanojo Toys, the biggest online Japanese adult toys store shipping globally, have told us that they are marking the occasion with a sale. You can get 20% off ANY adult toy until March 9 by using the code IWD. Of course, since the day is meant to be all about celebrating women, you could get something to reward female pleasure. The team at Kanojo Toys recommend the Real Deal Skin Dildo, a fantastically realistic and large Japanese cock ...

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Japan is famous for its low crime, but it depends on what kind of crime and how you measure things. And it doesn't mean that crime is not on the rise in certain areas. According to recent media reports, child abuse cases continue to climb, with police recording 2,181 in 2022 (up from 2,174 the previous year) -- a new record. Stalking cases are also at a record high, the National Police Agency said on March 2, as were domestic violence consultations, though there was a slight fall in the number of DV cases in which the police took action or made an arrest. (It should be noted that the ...

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Gravure photographer Seiichi Nomura recently sat down for an interview with Aera.dot in which he looked back on his five-decade-long career, during which he has photographed countless numbers of idols, actresses, models, and singers. "I've done more than 400 hundred photo books and thousands of covers for weekly magazines," Nomura estimates. Originally an interior photographer, Nomura got into gravure by necessity: he needed the money. In the summer of 1976, at the age of 25, he traveled to Europe. After he returned, though, he was told by his clients that he had been away too long and they ...

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We've said it before and we'll say it again: the idol world is dodgy. Let's be loud and clear: we hope the young women (well, girls -- they are usually young teenagers) know about these potential risks before they get into the industry. Sure, there are respectable managers out there, but bad apples and the bunch and all that. The industry is highly competitive and exploitative, known for making its young members work long hours for little pay, and for sexual abuse (no doubt partly accepted by people in the industry as the equivalent of the casting couch). The media has reported another ...

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The fantastically titled I Want You, Nana-chan, Give Me a Bite was released in Japan in 2021 and stars porn star Yura Kano and musician (and ex-AV star) Toko Namiko. After its quiet release in just a few theaters, we are finally catching up with it now. Directed by Hideo Jojo (who also made the very explicit Believers starring Yui Kitamura), we're not sure the 70-minute film is technically classified as a pink movie but it bears many of the hallmarks of sexploitation. The low-budget film is about the eponymous Nana (played by Yura Kano), who has to move back home after being fired for ...

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Asuka Hanamura (華村あすか) has continued with the wet, semi-nude streak she started in early 2022. Following on from her first photo book, the actress is back with another lingerie and bikini shoot that showcases her slinky body. The 23-year-old Yamagata native is known for her alluring mole and sun-kissed skin. In her new photo book, which comes out on March 18 from Kodansha, she is seen in the shower holding her hands over her nude chest (a variant on the tebura "hand bra" pose that's a gravure standard), or lying on her front with her naked back on display. Alright, ...

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