Sendai

Sendai construction boom uncovers corruption and AV star Minako Komukai

By Kenji Nakano • May 10, 2012

Nighttime entertainment in full swing, fueled by government’s second supplementary budget for reconstruction

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

Japan in 2012: Fukushima looms, Sendai nightlife booms

By Kenji Nakano • January 9, 2012

Nuclear disaster concerns and a Tohoku ‘bubble economy’

Akita call girl calls cops, turns the tables on thieving teacher

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • November 1, 2011

The central police station in Akita City informed a 31-year-old high school teacher from Sendai City he was under arrest on a charge of theft.

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

Sendai gal nabbed in Tokyo hooker pub bust

By Kenji Nakano • June 13, 2011

Police raid bar in Minami Koiwa over alleged prostitution

Carnal desire and survival at Tohoku evacuation centers

By Kenji Nakano • May 14, 2011

After disaster strikes, issues like food supply, clothing, and shelter are known to be of top concern. Shukan Shincho (May 5-12) (May 5-12), however, adds that carnal pleasures are not far behind — even following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, in which some Tohoku evacuees have been struggling to find places for intimate activities.

Top Sendai sex service offers free frolic to rejuvenate hard-hit industry

By Kenji Nakano • April 19, 2011

For weekly tabloid Shukan Jitsuwa, that has meant focusing on tales from the commercial sex biz. This week (Apr. 28) it seeks out the manager of Tohoku’s largest deri heru operation (that is, a service that operates on an out-call basis), which has introduced a special campaign to assist the struggling industry.

Troubled Tohoku sex clubs receive assistance from surrounding regions

By Kenji Nakano • April 8, 2011

Numerous industries in the Tohoku region have been negatively impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of Mar. 11. Businesses specializing in the fuzoku trade, that is commercial sex, are no exception.

Sendai gas

By CJ • March 31, 2011

Three days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 the lines for gasoline in Sendai were exceptionally long.