By • January 31, 2009
Actually for some time already, runaway girls in their teens could be seen loitering on the streets around love hotels in search of a man to provide them with accommodations for the night. But more recently, Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 31) reports, a new phenomenon has developed in which the runaway teens have been joined by women from their mid-20s to mid-30s.
By • January 29, 2009
Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 29) reports that a 34-year-old woman residing in Tokyo’s residential Setagaya Ward was recently arrested for sneaking into her neighbor’s apartment …
By • January 28, 2009
The Japanese woman’s time-honored role of giving chocolate goodies to her true love and other not-so-trues each February 14th is shifting, reports Nikkan Gendai …
By • January 26, 2009
Looking for that perfect Valentine’s Day gift? Certainly lingerie company Embelline has come up with a unique option for those wishing to mix love …
By • January 24, 2009
To anyone who can make out the top line of an eye chart, the resemblance between the enormous schnozzle that pokes out from traditional …
By • January 24, 2009
“The crowd pours from Shibuya Station and moves outward in many directions,” says architect Minoru Takeyama during an interview at a coffee shop across the street from his creation. “The 109 building is at a corner of a major intersection. The idea is for the flow from the station to move around the curve of the cylinder.”
By • January 22, 2009
Japanese were taken aback recently by news reports that a 22-year-old American female had offered her virginity on eBay. The woman’s objective in peddling her pudenda was to pay off her student loans. Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 22), which only one day before had reported on nerdy men grabbing up an illustrated book giving instructions on how to make out with girls, now shifts its attention to teenagers eager to market their unruptured hymens to the highest bidder.
By • January 14, 2009
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly …
By • January 10, 2009
The daily tabloid Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 9), which has certainly delved into the subject of prostitution by housewives any number of times in the …
Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
Younger set discover the forbidden delights of virtual enjo kosai via cybersex
Osaka association offering gangster research services busted for fraud
Fukuyama tragedy spurs fire safety hints for hot-sheet hotels
