Veteran 51-year-old soapland worker rakes in ¥3 million yen a month, shuns public transportation
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
At the top Japan's adult entertainment pyramid, elite sex workers continue to rake in massive sums
Daughter of Showa stripper recounts bestiality shows featuring yakuza members
By Kenji Nakano
Miyuki Ariga says of the world of striptease, 'It's like a cesspool for people who don't have a place in normal society'
Kanagawa flashback: Hostess concealed decapitation of live-in boyfriend for days
By Mieko Shimizu
Miki Aida told investigators that she was driven to murder over severe financial and domestic issues

Man accused of after dragging delivery driver 165 meters in stolen van in Osaka
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Driver sustained major injuries including a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
Osaka police launch murder probe after strangled woman dropped onto barge
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Police say she was strangled with a cord-like object
Woman who died after being found collapsed on Osaka barge ‘may have jumped from bridge’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Police are currently rushing to identify the woman

Pedestrian left in critical condition after man plunges from Nagoya building
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Man who plunged from building also in critical condition
Former sex parlor operator handed life term over double murder in Nagoya
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Defense claimed defendant was in a state of diminished capacity due to severe depression
Four men arrested over 12-million-yen Pokémon card heist in Nagoya
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Thieves smashed a window to gain entry while the victim was away from home

Posts tagged as “host”

A publisher in the shadows

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 9, 2008

A real-life Batman wishes to further spread his wings in Japan's adult-entertainment industry

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 2, 2008

The red-light district's blend of characters are ready to battle for their turf amid the ongoing shakedown