Crime
Saga cops: Man, 41, assisted woman in committing suicide with charcoal
Suspect and victim attempted suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from burning charcoal briquettes […]
Fuzoku
Fuzoku
Variety is the spice of Japan’s sex industry
February 12, 2018
All things are relative: Editor of a sex-industry guide says that the variety of businesses found in the countryside can lead to the greatest chance of fulfillment […]
Crime
Gifu: Chinese and Korean women arrested for operating illegal sex service
February 6, 2018
Suspects allegedly provided sex services that were in violation of the Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses […]
Crime
Tokyo: ‘Delivery health’ business exploited loophole in employing underage girls
February 6, 2018
Management of JK Parfait registered the business as a commercial sex operation to evade restrictions of a municipal ordinance that restricts employment of minors […]
Yakuza
Crime
Osaka cops raid yakuza HQ on suspicion of prostitution
May 22, 2018
Police suspect revenue from establishment in Tobita Shinchi brothel quarter used to fund Kyokushin Rengo-kai gang […]
Crime
Tokyo cops: Yakuza headed 100-member fraud ring
May 19, 2018
Ring suspected of swindling hundreds of persons out of ¥1.2 billion […]
Crime
Tokyo: Gangster smuggled gold from Hong Kong
May 16, 2018
With the consumption tax on gold in Hong Kong being zero, smugglers can turn handsome profits by reselling the bars at precious metals shops in Japan […]
Politics
Japan
Chief priest of Nara temple resigns after relationship with hostess emerges
May 18, 2018
Yakushi-ji Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site […]
Japan
‘Hostess yoga’ studio visited by education minister not sex business, says manager
April 26, 2018
Yuko Shoji, of Positive Star Yoga, wrote on her blog: ‘This malicious report is causing inconvenience to both customers and instructors’ […]
Japan
Education minister used official car to visit ‘hostess yoga’ studio: report
April 25, 2018
Positive Star Yoga permits masseuses to communicate with customers via the smartphone application Line […]
Adult Video
Adult Video
Hokkaido: Suspected porn thief found with 400 DVDs in home
May 22, 2018
Suspect told police, ‘I have a habit of collecting, and I wanted to have them on hand’ […]
Adult Video
Boyfriend of AV starlet Nozomi Aso pleads guilty to illegal drug use
May 21, 2018
Officers found 56.762 grams of stimulant drugs in the Meguro Ward residence of the Nozomi Aso in February […]
Adult Video
Ex-AV starlet Anri Sakaguchi to make debut as stripper in Asakusa
May 13, 2018
Sakaguchi will appear at the Asakusa Rokku-za theater between June 16 and 30 […]
Crime
Crime
Kanagwa cops: Man, wife in shotgun murder-suicide
May 1, 2016
Police suspect that Tokutaro Takahashi shot his wife and then himself inside their residence in Kawasaki City […]
Crime
Police: Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi members trafficked stimulant drugs from storage container
September 22, 2017
Mobile phone belonging to suspect contained more than 300 names of persons believed to be customers […]
Crime
Tokyo cops arrest scooter-riding bandit in purse-snatching incidents
April 3, 2015
The suspect is believed to have used a scooter in 57 thefts in Kabukicho and other entertainment areas […]
