It has long been common to see claims that Japan's age of consent was just 13, which would lead to lazy generalizations that this was why there was so much loli porn.
Of course, in practice, this was never true: local ordinances against lewd actors with minors meant the actual age of consent was typically 18 and on par with (if not higher than) most other countries in the Global North.
It was true, though, that the national age of consent was 13, unchanged since 1907. (For context, age of consent is 14 in Germany, Italy, and China, and 15 in France.)
This has now changed after lawmakers ...
It sparked both hype and controversy, and then just as quickly vanished.
When publisher Shueisha released a digital photo book featuring a fully AI-generated gravure model on May 29, it felt like the tipping point of something.
But then netizens were quick to point out that the "model" Ai Satsuki was uncannily similar to a real-life gravure idol, Hikari Kabashima (previously known as Yui Asakura), suggesting the AI was simply recycling images of Kabashima/Asakura from the Weekly Playboy shoot she did (Shueisha publishes the magazine).
Shueisha responded to the controversy by withdrawing ...
The lovely Marika Matsumoto has done her most explicit sex scene to date.
The 38-year-old has seen her career develop in interesting ways recently, moving from a focus on voice acting to regular acting in prominent roles.
This has included major TV dramas, such as Holiday Love for Asahi TV that saw her do a sex scene.
That was non-nude, of course, as things basically always are for mainstream Japanese TV.
She has capitalized on her newfound success with two photo books in 2019 and 2020, and is now a regular face on advertising campaigns and fashion magazine covers.
In Night, Birds ...
This story has been percolating since early June and has now become a very interesting incident generating national headlines, and with potential implications for future gravure events.
Swimwear photo shoot events in public pools in Saitama have ignited an intense debate. During the events, idols and models gather at the pool for fans to take photographs of them in their swimsuits. Admission to such events is expensive, costing from ¥10,000 to ¥36,000.
Various locals voiced concern to the public parks association in late May about the sexy nature of the gravure-style poses. Local ...
Back in 2017, fans of gravure idol and actress Rina Aizawa were delighted by her sex scenes in the TV series Scum's Wish, even though they were non-nude.
Known for her cute face and slinky body (though not much in the way of breasts and curves, let's be frank), Aizawa is now 31 and her beauty has really matured.
In the new TV Asahi series Subscribe Her (aka Subscribe Girlfriend, Sabusuku Kanojo), she does another sex scene. Again, it's sadly non-nude, so let's not get too excited, but fans will love it. Plus it's proof that the right bra can make even the flat-chested appear busty!
Rina is ...
To help all those put-upon and hard-working salarymen and chaps out there forget their troubles for a while, our friends at Kanojo Toys are celebrating Father's Day with a weeklong sale.
They are offering 20% off all adult toys (new releases and old) through June 19.
Use the promo code PAPA to claim your discount on your order.
Kanojo Toys is the largest international store for Japanese adult toys, with new toys added daily and around 40 releases each week. They currently stock over 9,000 toys, from onaholes/masturbators to sex dolls, vibrators and dildos, costumes and lingerie, personal ...
Gropers on trains in Japan are filming their activities and selling them on websites in China, according to an investigation by the BBC.
The recently published report claims that public molestation videos are a growing market, with content sourced from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China.
Known as chikan in Japan and most common on public transport like crowded trains, groping is a widespread social problem in East Asia. Public awareness of it is very high, with posters at train stations warning people to be vigilant, and even women-only carriages on rush-hour ...
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 ...
Akane Takiyama (瀧山あかね) is the latest Japanese TV announcer trying to forge a concurrent career in gravure.
She works as an announcer for shows on ABEMA (she joined the streamer in 2018) and is a former NMB48 "research student" (in 2011 and 2012, while in high school). The 29-year-old has now branched out into gravure with a cover shoot for Weekly Playboy that is making waves and rapidly expanding her fandom.
In the summery swimwear shoot for a June issue of Weekly Playboy, she is channeling some Kyoko Fukada vibes with a sporty beach body and radiant, smiling ...
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 ...
