Holy smokes, Batman! Put out the Fukken fire!

Japanese male readers eagerly awaiting the February 15 sales launch of a magazine named G-Za Besto Dynamite from KK Bestsellers will have to bite the bullet a little longer.

Certainly many publications appeal to real jerks, but Dynamite was about to stake claim as the world’s first magazine to incorporate its own onna hooru (synthetic vagina) and allow readers to peruse the lurid contents hands-on, so to speak. Read more

Australia bans small-breasted porn, Japanese AV industry assesses situation

Fans of petite women are likely lamenting the ban recently instituted upon porn films featuring ladies possessing flat chests. But no worries, mate, chirps Weekly Playboy (Feb. 22), the measure is being implemented in Australia, not in Japan, where the AV (adult video) industry is pondering its next move.

At the end of January, the Australian Classification Board (ACB) reached a decision to prohibit the use of actresses with breasts registering less than an A-cup. Read more

Born as tigers, Kijima and Ueta now ‘around 35′ and ready to roar

Possible serial killers Kanae Kijima and Miyuki Ueta join Kaori Mihashi, accused of carving up her husband’s body with a knife in Tokyo’s Shibuya district three years ago, as having been born in 1974 — the zodiac “Year of the Tiger” that Weekly Playboy (Nov. 30) believes is the source of a number of aggressive females making themselves known today.

Expectations play a role, says Atsushi Miura, a marketing researcher and author of the best-seller “Karyu Shakai” (Lower Classes). He explains: “International Women’s Year was dedicated in 1975. This led to a decade-long worldwide campaign advocating women’s social status. In Japan, too, there was the birth of publications such as More, With and Cosmopolitan. They provided voices for the advancement of women in society. Those around the age of 35 were in their childhood (up to elementary school) and were raised under the social ideal that it is natural for women to become independent.” Read more

Hostess Miyuki Ueta possible second serial killer, connected to six deaths

While police are still investigating Kanae Kijima and the suspicious deaths of six men once acquainted with her, a former bar hostess from Tottori Prefecture has been linked to an equal number of men who succumbed to the same fate, reports Weekly Playboy (Nov. 30).

Miyuki Ueta, 35, was arrested on November 2 for defrauding a woman out of 1.26 million yen by falsely claiming that the victim’s son had been lent money. Her 46-year-old male roommate was also taken into custody for swindling a tractor dealer. Separate fraud charges were added against the pair on November 20.

Police are presently attempting to build murder cases around at least three of the six deceased, all of whom have been connected to Ueta. Authorities have also learned that insurance policies had been taken out on some of the dead.

Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporter Akira Seo, 42, was killed in 2004 after being struck by a train. Security guard Shinichi Furuta, 27, died three years later while swimming. 41-year-old police officer Houitsu Sakai was found hanged in February of last year. Kazumi Yabe, a 47-year-old truck driver, drowned in April of this year. 58-year-old Kazumi Taguchi (unemployed) was discovered dead in his apartment in October. Electrician Hideki Maruyama, 57, was found beaten and face down in the Mani River that same month (initially ruled a suicide by Tottori Prefectural Police). Read more

Maria Ozawa, other acclaimed AV actresses on auction as stagnation sticks

Buried in the back of Weekly Playboy (Nov. 23) is a report claiming that the lingering recession is resulting in popular adult video (AV) actresses increasingly being auctioned off at top-class sex establishments with none other than starlet Maria Ozawa appearing on the block.

A conventional deri heru (out-call) sex service, the tabloid explains, has an image of being inexpensive, but one staffed with AV ladies is quite the opposite, commanding fees between 30,000 and 50,000 yen a pop for run-of-the-mill actresses and three or four times those figures for top-name talents.

Ozawa, who is half-Canadian and no stranger to the pages of Weekly Playboy, is registered with Club Tora no Ana in Tokyo’s Shibuya entertainment area. A source says that once an asking price of 150,000 yen for 70 minutes with the actress appeared on the club’s Web page a flood of roughly 200 inquiries soon followed. Read more

Police crackdown on ‘girl’s bars’ no deterrent to erotic offerings

In addition to crackdowns on soaplands and orgy parties that Weekly Playboy routinely features in its pages, the magazine is now finding that ‘girl’s bars,’ which are clubs staffed by ladies serving from behind a counter, are also becoming a target of the police. Yet a low profile is not an option as many are offering excessively provocative services — nearly a requirement in today’s tough economic climate.

Yui, a 19-year-old college student, tells the tabloid about a group of cops that showed up while she was working. “It happened so fast, and the bar was asked to stop operating. Apparently the problem was that the girls were sitting next to the customers. I was shocked because I thought this place was clean. But I quickly moved over to another girl’s bar,” she giggles.

A 10-year veteran writer for the “pink” trade offers: “The girl’s bar is registered as an after hours eating-and-drinking place, much like an izakaya. Because of this, they are not allowed to offer individual hospitality to customers. The only such place for that service is a kyabakura (hostess club), which is registered as an eating-and-drinking establishment that includes socializing.” Read more

Desperate deri heru dames say sayonara to safe sex

The term sutemi, written with characters meaning “discard the body,” is used to describe an act of desperation or being driven to one’s last resort.

In the view of Weekly Playboy (Aug. 10), this aptly describes what’s currently going on in the sex trade.

“Around this time last year I used to get four or five calls a day,” complains Natsumi, age 30, who works for an out-call sex service, referred to as deri heru within the trade’s parlance, in Uguisudani, in Tokyo’s Taito Ward. “There were some days last month in which I put in nine-hour days without getting one single customer.”

It seems that girls in other businesses, like cabaret club hostesses (kyabakura) and soapland masseuses — as well as laid-off office ladies — have been flocking to work at deri heru clubs in increasing numbers, creating a glut of supply at a time of shrinking demand. Read more

Look ma, no hands: Japanese cyber wanker makes debut

There was a young man from Racine,

Who invented a f***ing machine.

Concave or convex,

It would fit either sex

And was perfectly easy to clean.

Thanks to the wonders of modern electronics, self-abuse has truly come a long way.

Weekly Playboy (July 6) reports an outfit named SunWorld Inc. has developed what might be described as the ultimate masturbation machine. This amazing device, sold as an ensemble called SOMCON, requires neither physical exertion nor imagination on the part of the practitioner, as both are provided. Read more

Odor eating undies eradicate organic emissions

A form of underwear designed to eliminate odor from passed gas is garnering attention, reports Weekly Playboy (May 11).

The product line is called Inoidore Shukan Shoshu, a series of deodorized undershorts and t-shirts developed by textile company Seiren, which is based in Fukui Prefecture. The garments hit the market on April 16, with a pair of men’s briefs going for a rather pricey 4,800 yen.

“Our company has developed various odor-erasing products in the past. But this one can reduce odor by 80 percent in 30 seconds,” explains Tadao Fujitsubo, the vice-director of the company’s R&D center, of the product’s purifying power, which is displayed graphically on the Inodore Web page and is said to diminish only slightly after 200 washes. Read more