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Hard to be a Japanese porn actress

By Amy Takahashi • April 22, 2012

Japan’s porn industry is reeling, and AV actresses are seeing salaries suffer

Panty-peeking parlors skirt adult-entertainment laws

By Kenji Nakano • April 3, 2012

High school girls strip before customers in front of two-way mirrors

Tokyo’s konkatsu izakaya serves dumplings to lonely hearts on the prowl

By Kenji Nakano • March 29, 2012

At Shimanto the customers are as available as the Schezuan dishes

‘Minako Komukai effect’ impacting Saki Takaoka’s speculated porn performance

By Kenji Nakano • February 22, 2012

Rumors of a potential adult video (AV) debut by actress Saki Takaoka are currently swirling through the industry.

Nippon Ham happy with Yu Darvish split

By Kenji Nakano • February 14, 2012

Sports tabloids have in recent weeks speculated on love affairs between Texas Ranger Yu Darvish and porn actress Kirara Asuka and former golfer Miho Koga.

Democratic Party of Japan’s Yasuko Komiyama loses civil suit in lottery ticket scam

By Kenji Nakano • February 2, 2012

Fraud scheme masterminded by her brother

Japan in 2012: Fukushima looms, Sendai nightlife booms

By Kenji Nakano • January 9, 2012

Nuclear disaster concerns and a Tohoku ‘bubble economy’

Popularity of smart phones in Japan fueling scams

By Kenji Nakano • December 22, 2011

Young people finding multi-function smartphones appealing face risk of fraud

‘Fuzoku bubble’ of ’80s supplied sizzling sex services

By Kenji Nakano • November 23, 2011

The sex industry rose to the occasion

New law to clamp down on Osaka’s ‘legal herb’ market

By Kenji Nakano • November 1, 2011

Growth in sales of drugs designed to fall within a legal gray zone