2009 February | The Tokyo Reporter

Vice shops schedule sweet services for Valentine’s Day

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • February 13, 2009

Special sensual services to be dispensed

Gotanda shop’s customers revel in getting shortchanged

By CJ • February 10, 2009

Generally speaking, women of the night find that a voluptuous figure provides a definite boost to their bottom line. But Shukan Post (Feb. 20) reports that there’s always room for niche services that cater to those with different set of preferences. Take, for example, Tenohira Saizu, a deri heru (out-call sex service) situated in Tokyo’s Gotanda district that specializes in dispatching damsels who are decidedly diminutive in the dairy department. Specifically nothing bigger than a B-cup.

Sex businesses vanishing from greater Tokyo metropolitan area

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • February 7, 2009

Massage parlors and cabarets are being forced out of business

‘Plastic City’ Japan premiere set for next month

By CJ • February 6, 2009

Tokyo will host the first commercial screening of Hong Kong director Yu Lik-wai’s latest film “Plastic City” in March.

Creative funding for Japanese films

By CJ • February 5, 2009

TOKYO – It has been a head-scratching past 12 months for Japanese film investors.
September saw the opening of “Shinobi” (Heart Under Blade), an experiment …

Biscuits boasting of bountiful busts posing problems

By CJ • February 4, 2009

Last week Web page J-cast (Jan. 25) reported that a Japanese confection claiming to enhance breast size is stirring trouble overseas.
The F-cup cookie, …

Kore-eda announces ‘Kuki Ningyo’

By Amy Takahashi • February 4, 2009

TOKYO – Much-lauded director Hirokawa Kore-eda has announced the completion of his new film “Kuki Ningyo” (Air Doll).
The first of Kore-eda’s features to be …