By • November 28, 2009
People leave all kinds of things behind in love hotel rooms. Some, writes Shoko Harano in Nikkan Gendai (Nov. 26) are the sorts of items one might not ordinarily expect. Like a woman’s full set of false teeth.
By • November 27, 2009
As Japan’s seventh largest city, the ancient capital blends modern urban sprawl with traditional touches
By • November 27, 2009
Yakuza film star snags 715-pound black tuna
By • November 26, 2009
“My hubby reserved a spacious room with twin beds on the top floor of a hotel,” writes the anonymous contributor in the December issue of Ai no Taiken Special Deluxe, as introduced in Shukan Bunshun (Dec. 3).
By • November 25, 2009
Accused serial killers around the age of 35
By • November 24, 2009
The top of the order for the Central League’s Hiroshima Toyo Carp could not contain right-handed knuckleballer Eri Yoshida, Japan’s first female professional baseball player, during an exhibition game in Hiroshima on Wednesday, reports Daily Sports (Nov. 23).
By • November 23, 2009
Former bar hostess from Tottori Prefecture linked to suspicious deaths of 6 men
By • November 22, 2009
Japan’s first “Aijin Banku”(mistress bank) in Osaka back in the 1970s created quite a stir at the time of its founding. The service, which made its money by serving as a go-between between women seeking steady employment in a prone position and men who could afford it, gradually disappeared, to be replaced by such customer-direct transactions as enjo kosai (“compensated dating”).
By • November 20, 2009
After tire manufacturer Michelin targeted Tokyo with its famous restaurant guide and three-star evaluation system with the inaugural 2008 edition, the response was swift on two fronts. The book shipped a whopping 300,000 copies in five weeks yet simultaneously raised a prickly question within the local media: How are foreigners able to competently evaluate traditional Japanese restaurants?
By • November 20, 2009
Following their failure to acquire fireballing lefty Juan Morillo from the Minnesota Twins, the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers may look at a couple of former players to fill out gaping holes in their bullpen, reports Tokyo Sports (Nov. 20).
Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
