Risk of HIV infection stalks Tokyo’s 2-chome gay enclave
By • September 14, 2010
An organization is working in the area to reduce the spread of HIV
Features
Reporn: Ueno Okura Theater raises new ‘pink’ curtain
By • September 3, 2010
The all-night Ueno Okura Theater takes on a new look
Tour of Asakusa
By • August 29, 2010
Tokyo can be crudely described as a metropolis of soaring and undulating concrete collectively illuminated by a glow of garish neon. Yet bordering the Sumida River in the east is the Asakusa district, which adheres to many of those characteristics but also retains certain cultural elements of life back in the Edo Period (1615 – 1868).
Pairity for charity: Tokyo porn channel raises funds for AIDS
By • August 22, 2010
Porn channel raises funds for AIDS charities
Porn again: Historic Tokyo ‘pink’ theater upgrades, seeks female audience
By • August 2, 2010
Legendary theater has been entertaining fans of erotic cinema for nearly five decades
The celestial journey of Shoko Tendo
By • June 13, 2010
Daughter of gangster releases her follow-up book to “Yakuza Moon”
Back to basics with Nobel Prize winner Masatoshi Koshiba
By • June 12, 2010
Today Masatoshi Koshiba finds himself back to the classroom as chairman of the Heisei Foundation for Basic Science — a project that aims to get Japanese young people more acquainted with the fundamentals of science.
New wave of Japanese cult films look overseas
By • May 18, 2010
Japanese arthouse dramas and comedies routinely receive substantial critical acclaim internationally, but slipping under the radar and steadily gathering an overseas following is a new wave of low-budget cult pics. Japan’s domestic market continues to be dominated by pics based on well-known comic books or television programs. Targeting foreign coin by exploiting interests in exotic Asia is another option.
Tortoise return to Japan
By • May 9, 2010
Tortoise’s blending of dub, electronica and jazz over its two decades in existence has established the instrumental five-piece as the band that brought progressive rock into the present.
Yet 2009’s “Beacons of Ancestorship” sees the Chicago-based band, which will appear in Japan for two shows next week in Tokyo and Osaka, going in a different direction.
Koji Wakamatsu challenges merits of war with ‘Caterpillar’
By • May 5, 2010
From his start in erotic “pink” films in the 1960s to “United Red Army,” the 2007 film about Japan’s leftist student movements from four decades ago, director Koji Wakamatsu has never shied away from provocation. For his new war drama “Caterpillar,” he attacks the hypocrisy inherent in nationalism and the suffering of innocent civilians.
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Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
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Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
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Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
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Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
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Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
