"CRACKDOWN" ON THE MALE HOST CLUBS THAT ARE DRIVING FEMALE PROSTITUTION Colin Liddell May 21, 2025 0 In recent years there has been a surge of "old fashioned" street prostitution on the streets of Tokyo and other big Japanese citie... Read more »
JAPAN SAVES THE WORLD WITH ECO-FRIENDLY "MIRACLE" PLASTIC Colin Liddell May 12, 2025 0 Plastic, the main threat to human life on this planet In answer to the World's growing "eco" needs, a Japanese research inst... Read more »
TOKYO ART PICKS (MAY) Colin Liddell May 01, 2025 0 Rabbits by Ryoko Kamakura In terms of the number of eyeballs on artworks Tokyo is the unchallenged art capital of the Universe. Yes, im... Read more »
TOKYO GIG PICKS (MAY) Colin Liddell April 30, 2025 0 Raw Power Never knowingly bettered, our Tokyo Gig Guide is characterised by its incredibly wide range of taste (no narrow comfort zone here,... Read more »
SHOCKING MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL IN SAITAMA Colin Liddell April 25, 2025 0 A shocking murder has occurred in Saitama. The gruesome incident occurred on the night of April 14th, when the suspect, Hiroyuki Taniuchi ... Read more »
RESTAURANT REVIEW: JIN DIN ROU, URAWA Colin Liddell April 23, 2025 0 During a recent social meet-up in Urawa, my associate and I decided on the popular Chinese dumpling eatery Jun Din Rou. The chain started i... Read more »
ONLY IN JAPAN: RENT A RETIREE! Colin Liddell April 21, 2025 1 Ojisan is the Japanese word for old and middle-aged men, but here in Japan you can also personally rent them as crusty and wrinkled companio... Read more »
THE SEVEN PASSIONS OF FOUJITA: THE LATEST LOOK AT AN ART ICON Colin Liddell April 20, 2025 0 © Fondation Foujita / ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2024 E5785 The big exhibition at the Sompo Museum of Art, located in Shinjuku's ... Read more »
INTERVIEW: KOICHI MATSUMOTO, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TENGA Colin Liddell April 19, 2025 0 "Yes we can!" TENGA is the global brand name for devices used in "personal sexual relief" (aka jacking off). Koichi Mat... Read more »