Meet an intelligent designer of the ‘Transformers’
By • May 8, 2008
Single robot has 10,000 metallic pieces
May 2008
Bulbous hair gives ‘Brand King’ a head start
By • May 8, 2008
People aligning themselves with a unique hairstyle is nothing new. But Tsutomu Morita is likely the first pitchman via pompadour. “Some people don’t believe it is real,” Morita says in a back room of his discount luxury-brands store, referring to the black bulbous bob that hangs over his eyes. “Others think I have something hidden inside.”
Paradise TV raises funds for AIDS prevention
By • May 6, 2008
When adult satellite channel Paradise TV decides to broadcast a live charity event, they ensure there will be no imitations. It is a recent Sunday afternoon atop the broadcaster’s roof, temporarily converted into a makeshift restaurant. Here stand a group of male subscribers, each ready to dine on a dish – an omelet or perhaps a bowl of pork kimchi – doused in a golden shower dispensed by one of a half-dozen topless AV (adult video) actresses.
Kabukicho comes clean
By • May 2, 2008
Recent police raids on host establishments for everything from maintaining hours past 1 a.m. to ladies being gouged with extraordinarily high bills, often in the hundreds of thousands of yen, have made the industry downright jumpy, says the always jovial Aida. Though he repeatedly insists that his establishments are clean, times are tough. “This is attacking my business,” says the bespectacled Aida, wearing an impeccable blue-striped suit and multiple rings studded with shimmering gems. “As a shop owner, I find the enforcement of the 1 a.m. law hard to believe.”
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Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
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Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
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Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
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Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
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Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
