Sex & Nightlife

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

Happening Bars: A Guide to Japan’s Hidden Sex Hotspots

What are happening bars? What actually "happens" in one? And the bigger question as a foreigner in Japan: Will they even allow…

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

A Crime-Free Kabukicho? Tokyo Police Start “Purging” Touts and Scouts

Touts and scouts in Kabukicho say they feel they're in the middle of a crackdown. Will this new attempt to "clean up"…

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

21 Soaplands Shut Overnight, Leaving Japanese Sex Workers High and Dry

The incident highlights the shift in sex-related businesses in Japan - and the precarious situation of sex workers.

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

Japanese Women Increasingly Trafficked Overseas for Sex Work by Scout Groups

The groups have made a killing by recruiting financially vulnerable women. Ordinary Japanese travelers are feeling the blowback.

INSIDER

[Insider] How I Found Myself Locked in a Love Hotel

Many love hotels don't like it when you leave before your stay is up. Indeed, some older ones make sure you can't.

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

Japanese Sex Toy Firm Tenga Suffers US Data Breach

The company took pains to reassure its Japanese customer base that information about their masturbatory habits was safe.

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

As Overseas Sex Work From Japan Booms, Solo Female Travelers Face Border Trouble

More Japanese women are going overseas for prostitution. That's leading to women outside the industry being turned back at the border.

SEX & NIGHTLIFE

Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor

Ex-mayor Ogawa Akira insists the 10+ times she went to a love hotel with another city employee were strictly business.