November 2010

Tokyo Sky Tree rises to nearly 500 meters

By CJ • November 17, 2010

Tokyo Sky Tree at nearly 500 meters in Sumida Ward.

Feisty female enjoys constant flow of frolic with her ‘sefure’ quartet

By Winnie Waniguchi • November 15, 2010

“There’s a man I love best, but as his work took him to a faraway place, it’s become a long-distance romance. So to keep the pot boiling, so to speak, I became sefure (sex friends) with four guys. They are all different types, so I can alternate them and enjoy real variety.”

Tokyo story: Times get even harder for Ginza hostesses

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • November 14, 2010

Clubs in Tokyo’s mecca of glitzy nightlife are facing failure

Porn diplomacy: Actress Mariko Kawana, Japanese AV popular in North Korea

By Kenji Nakano • November 12, 2010

Diplomatic relations between Japan and its Asian neighbors may now be at a post-World War II low, but, reports weekly tabloid Shukan Asahi Geino (Nov. 11), the popularity of Japanese AV is rising steadily in North Korea.

Slutty housewife’s sordid story of pachinko slot seduction

By Winnie Waniguchi • November 7, 2010

“My husband often leaves town on business trips, so much that he’s away nearly half of every month. And after he comes back he always wants the same kind of sex, so I’m bored to tears.”

Rumor in Japan debunked: Killing me softly with his schlong

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • November 6, 2010

Rumor in some quarters has it that a couple bent on muri shinju (love suicide) can shuffle off this mortal coil by means of crazed, consensual coitus.

Assassin of Inejiro Asanuma honored by right-wing groups on anniversary of suicide

By CJ • November 3, 2010

Right-wing groups celebrated the assassination of socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma by holding a ceremony to honor his killer, Otoya Yamaguchi, at Hibiya Park in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Tuesday, the 50-year anniversary of Yamaguchi’s suicide.

Kyabajo-looking dentist helps to pare the pain

By Amy Takahashi • November 2, 2010

From town council members to fishing experts to political supporters, news reports have celebrated the rise of overwhelmingly attractive females, but weekly tabloid Friday (Nov. 5) has found a dentist in Niigata who meets that criteria, notably because her appearance is that of a club hostess.

Tokyo International Film Fest wraps, ‘Intimate Grammar’ takes top prize

By CJ • November 1, 2010

The nine-day Tokyo International Film Festival concluded on Sunday with its top prize being awarded to “Intimate Grammar,” helmer Nir Bergman’s second film, set in Israel in the 1960s.