About 60% of the brothel’s customers were non-Japanese, drawn in by promotions on its English website, introduction videos and street touts. Read more
A weak yen, robust inbound tourism and social media have shone a spotlight on a park in Tokyo where men gather in search of sex. Read more
Tamotsu Shiiki, a former Lower House lawmaker of Nippon Ishin no Kai, denies sexually assaulting the first-year junior high school girl. Read more
She was just 19 years old when she first started going to Tokyo's Kabukicho district to visit host clubs, where women pay to be entertained by men, in the hopes of meeting Roland, a cel... Read more
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested four people aged between 16 and 22 for allegedly selling over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines to multiple people without perm... Read more
Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant was a top tourist destination for years before it closed during the pandemic. A gaudy experiment in dinner theater, it often sated appetites for “wacky” Japan even i... Read more