Amy Takahashi

Kanae Kijima enters Saitama court for ‘black widow’ murder trial

By Amy Takahashi • January 23, 2012

The suspect is on trial in Saitama for the murder of three men she met through matchmaking sites

Sendai swings: Secondary budget boosts Rolex sales, sex shop openings

By Amy Takahashi • January 15, 2012

Boost in watch sales following Great East Japan Earthquake

Yamaguchi-gumi member linked to Shimada rings in New Year at Kobe shrine

By Amy Takahashi • January 8, 2012

Japan’s largest criminal organization goes to Gokoku Shrine

AV producer: One in 200 Japanese women performed in porn

By Amy Takahashi • December 27, 2011

Numbers crunched by production company employee

Illegal Tokyo casinos popular with baseball stars

By Amy Takahashi • December 5, 2011

Big-name celebrities and sports stars are regulars

Tokyo times: Legislation to limit perusal of Ginza pussy

By Amy Takahashi • November 15, 2011

Selling pets given as gifts easy way to turn a buck

Tokyo trends: Ginza flower girls wilting

By Amy Takahashi • October 24, 2011

The last independent flower vendors in this renowned area are disappearing

Yakuza gangsters looking to feast on Tohoku construction pie

By Amy Takahashi • October 11, 2011

Gang groups flocking to Tohoku and its 23-trillion yen in reconstruction work

No-pan shabu-shabu was tip of illicit iceberg for MOF bureaucrats

By Amy Takahashi • October 7, 2011

MOF bureaucrats made multiple trips to infamous restaurant in Kabukicho over a decade ago

Tokyo area massage parlors providing supplementary sexual services subject to shutdown

By Amy Takahashi • September 8, 2011

It would seem that the hammer has begun to fall upon fuzoku services that exist inside what is considered to be a legal grey zone.