October 2011

Shinsuke Shimada sues tabloid Shukan Gendai over gangster coverage

By CJ • October 25, 2011

Agency and celebrity seeking 165 million yen in damages

Yamaguchi-gumi gang members arrested for attempted extortion in Kabukicho

By CJ • October 25, 2011

Gang group was allegedly seeking protection money

Tokyo trends: Ginza flower girls wilting

By Amy Takahashi • October 24, 2011

The last independent flower vendors in this renowned area are disappearing

Tokyo fest opens with ‘The Three Musketeers,’ Noda offers thanks for Tohoku support

By CJ • October 23, 2011

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda among those in attendance on Saturday in Roppongi

Minako Komukai’s porn debut a total bust

By CJ • October 21, 2011

Former stripper and gravure idol Minako Komukai makes her porn debut.

Ikebukuro ‘boy’s bar’ busted for improper licensing

By CJ • October 18, 2011

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week shut down an improperly licensed host club in Ikebukuro, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 18).

Tokyo trends: Plucky pensioners picking up prostitutes with pay packets

By Kenji Nakano • October 17, 2011

Yoshiwara is known as the country’s largest soapland brothel area

Japan trends: Women going wild over men’s white briefs

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • October 16, 2011

White briefs finding favor with females

Tokyo man arrested for prostituting teen to ‘around 100 men’

By CJ • October 13, 2011

Suspect and girl split her revenue

Gang member arrested for discharging gun inside Fukuoka construction office

By CJ • October 13, 2011

A member of an organized crime group was arrested today in Fukuoka for allegedly discharging a firearm inside the office of a construction firm earlier this year, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 13).