Anticipation continues to build over the porn debut of former Fairies music idol Rikako Inoue as Yotsuha Kominato, which may well become one of the biggest AV of the summer. While the upcoming release from Soft on Demand is still largely under wraps, with only very tame interview or promo videos available online to tease viewers, we do finally have the first preview images to enjoy. They suggest the video will contain bath sex, masturbation, and Kominato's "first" time with a man. In one shot, she's wearing lingerie and a blindfold as a (much older) male partner manipulates her ...

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Earlier this month, the naked body of 23-year-old Rina Arano was found tied to a tree. Her body showed no obvious sign of injury and the cause of death is still unclear. A 33-year-old man has been arrested for confining her against her will in his vacation home in Hitachiota, Ibaraki, which is located around a kilometer from where Arano's body was found. Arano apparently met the Hiroyuki Sanpei, a 33-year-old company employee in Minamiashigara, Kanagawa, for the first time in February or March. It is unclear exactly why she and Sanpei went to his villa in the rural district -- or what took ...

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The latest survey about sex and romance in Japan to grab the headlines claims that 40% of single men in their twenties have never been on a date. The results of the government survey also suggest that this problem isn't just men either. About 25% of young single women too also said they had never had a date with another person. The numbers get a bit complicated, because 5% of married men and women in their twenties also said they had never been on a date, though this may mean they met their partner through a spouse introduction service and don't count their pre-marital meetings as "dates." ...

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Things about gender are not always clearcut in Japan. Some of the guys can spend as much time and money on their skincare and hair as the ladies. Styles of haircuts and clothing too are not always divided down the conventional male-female divide, from the male kimono to the elaborate styling of nightclub hosts. And that's before we even get into the deep and rich world of crossdressing and transgender. While we will leave the cultural theory implications about this to the armchair philosophers among our readers, we were delighted to come across this story about the apparent new hit in the ...

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Feti Fes is Japan's top fetish festival. We have attended before and previously posted photo reports that readers seemed to like. It's the kind of event where every little room, cubbyhole, or booth is dedicated to a whole other fetish. Participants include chika (underground) and gravure idols, ero-cosplayers, fetish service providers, and goods and merchandise retailers. After postponement due to the pandemic -- obviously, given the nature of the event, it's hardly compatible with social distancing guidelines -- Feti Fes 19 was finally held in April. We were not able to attend but, as we ...

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Parco, a leading department store chain in Japan, has issued an apology after it used a "sex booth" to promote an event. The installation was decked out in the style of the "free information" kiosks (muryo annaijo) that are found in certain city districts for providing listings, referrals, and recommendations about various forms of sex services (fuzoku), including blowjob parlors, delivery health, and soaplands, and also hostess clubs and girls bars. Though less common as they were in the days before everyone had access to the internet on their phones, such adult booths are still found in ...

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As already reported several times on this blog, Japan's groundbreaking new porn law that aims to protest performers' rights has now passed the Diet after approval in the Upper House on June 15. The legislation, which was initially proposed by opposition lawmakers and taken up by a cross-party group, was sparked by the realization that lowering the age of adulthood to 18 would have implications for previous safeguards for young people working in porn or the gravure industry, and fears that teenagers would be exploited and coerced into contracts they either did not understand or did not really ...

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We've been writing a fair bit about sugar daddy relationships (papakatsu) recently. You know what'll make your inner papa happy this year? Not a cheap card wishing him "Happy Father's Day." Not even a nice, cool beer. Something that truly rewards for all his hard work and effort over the past year. You know what we mean! Well, we encourage you to reward your inner papa with some adult goodies from Japan. Our friends at Kanojo Toys have just informed us that they are having a sale this week to celebrate Father's Day. They are offering 20% off ALL orders through Monday. Just use the ...

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The trial of former KAT-TUN member Koki Tanaka over possession of drugs has now begun in Nagoya. The 36-year-old musician and actor, who was a member of the boy band until 2013 and then a solo artist, has admitted the charge of methamphetamine possession. Nagoya police arrested in February this year. It follows his previous brush with the law in 2017, when he was charged with marijuana possession. But there's another "crime" that the Weekly Bunshun uncovered (in an article first published in February this year). Tanaka was apparently affected mentally by the pandemic and being unable to go ...

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Remember the awesome dinosaur-themed love hotel in Machida, Tokyo, we wrote about last autumn? It looks like it was seriously damaged by fire recently. On the evening of June 9, flames were seen coming from the roof of the dino-inspired Hotel Artia, making it look even more like a scene from Jurassic Park than it did before. Social media was flooded with pics taken from cars traveling along the nearby expressway. The cause was reportedly the wooden sauna located on the roof of the hotel. No injuries or fatalities resulted from the fire. Moreover, no damage to the main structure of the ...

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