April 2009

Arrest reflects Japan’s interest in ‘modified’ Korean men

By Amy Takahashi • April 29, 2009

This month’s arrest of the Korean manager of a transvestite club for employing staff without appropriate visas is evidence of Japan’s increasing interest in surgically alerted men from its nearby neighbor, reports Nikkan Gendai (Apr. 24).

Odor eating undies eradicate organic emissions

By Amy Takahashi • April 29, 2009

A form of underwear designed to eliminate odor from passed gas is garnering attention, reports Weekly Playboy (May 11). The product line is called Inoidore Shukan Shoshu, a series of deodorized undershorts and t-shirts developed by textile company Seiren, which is based in Fukui Prefecture.

Guys just wanna have fun — being gals

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • April 28, 2009

Writing in Nikkan Gendai (Apr. 28), Kazuo Kajiyama relates his discovery of a “Joso date course,” a sex service where male customers call on the shop, dress up like females and take out another man, also in drag, for a topsy turvy tete-a-tete.

Girls gone wild

By Amy Takahashi • April 26, 2009

Following this week’s bust of club B in Yokohama for employing female staff in revealing clothing, entertainment site Zakzak (Apr. 22) postulates that such extreme practices is due to growing competition in the industry, with clubs increasingly masking their true intentions to evade strict police enforcement.

Tactless oral report terminates guy’s goofy gustatory game

By Mieko Shimizu • April 25, 2009

The April edition of the women’s magazine Ai no Taiken Special Deluxe, published by Takeshobo, has no lack of explicit personal testimonials. This particular …

Golden Week looks good for getting it on

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • April 24, 2009

Available: 70-minute romp in the suds with a lovely soapstress

Korean manager of transvestite club arrested, visa irregularities cited

By Amy Takahashi • April 23, 2009

The Korean manager of a transvestite club in Tokyo was arrested for employing staff without appropriate visas, according to the Sankei Shimbun (Apr. 22).

Gals flash hard cash to $leep with $umo-$ans

By Mieko Shimizu • April 23, 2009

The third installment of an ongoing series in Nikkan Gendai (Apr. 23) sheds light on a heretofore unfamiliar topic: that plenty of women are willing to pay big yen for the privilege of getting poked by a sumo wrestler.

Yokohama ‘girl’s bar’ busted, attire deemed inappropriate

By Amy Takahashi • April 22, 2009

Loose-fitting men’s shirts without bras

Tokyo cops crack whip in fight vs. vice

By CJ • April 21, 2009

A leather-clad female physically punishing a compliant male into erotic bliss is the usual image one conjures for BDSM, or bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism. Yet, to spend a Sunday afternoon with the ladies on the roster of La Siora, a high-end club based in Shinjuku, is to realize that the proper delivery of the craft’s techniques involves much more than wanton, grip-it-and-rip-it whipping.