Shibuya's
sleazy happening bars offer chaotic, erotic action at bargain prices
"Are you sure
this place is all right?" Sayaka whispers nervously.
Sayaka's reaction to this out-of-the-way club in Tokyo's
Shibuya district, located in the corner of a nondescript
building off Miyamasuzaka Street, may be understandable.
She's never been to a "happening bar" before, and this
place looks, well, sleazy. 17-7-2006
10 percent of Japanese men in their 40s still virgins
Haruka is a
38-year-old temporary employment agency worker. She met
her 41-year-old boyfriend through an online matchmaking
site. Judging by his e-mail, he seemed to be kind and
was certainly mature. 17-7-2006
'Clean' Nagano's dark, dirty secret: AIDS
"Among Japan's 47 prefectures, Nagano is
a rarity in that its public morals laws and ordinances
prohibit sex businesses like 'soaplands' and 'fashion
health' salons," the unnamed "pink" journalist tells the
Japanese weekly Shukan Shincho.
17-7-2006
The 'pink parlors' of Lhasa
Once a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage
destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa is rapidly
turning into a hot spot of 'pink parlours' where flesh
trade thrives under China's modernisation drive, a US
couple says. 17-7-2006
Britain's European runaways
Rukhsana
(not her real name) is a very skinny and gaunt looking
teen who looks older than her 18 years, with bleached
brown hair, wearing grey contact lenses.
17-7-2006
Musharraf repeals extra marital sex law
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is
reported to have repealed an anti-women clause in the
Hudood law, a 1979 legislation against extra-marital sex
based on Islamic sharia (law). 17-7-2006
Israeli president dogged by sexual harassment scandal
Israel's president
is being dogged by allegations of sexual harassment, and
the spiraling scandal has pushed the country's violent
standoff with Hamas over a kidnapped soldier off the
front pages. 17-7-2006
Premarital sex among RP youths on the rise: study
The gap between adolescent Filipino
females and their male counterparts practicing
premarital sex is becoming narrow, a study conducted by
the University of the Philippines-Population Institute
showed. 17-7-2006
Australian sex workers complain of European competition
Australian sex workers are feeling the
pinch of European competition, the national news agency
reported. 17-7-2006
Japanese man busted for blackmailing schoolgirls into sending nude images of
themselves
A
man who blackmailed junior high school girls into
sending hundreds of nude images of themselves to him by
e-mail has been arrested, police said.
17-7-2006
Russian Deputies seek to limit sex on TV
Six United Russia deputies submitted
legislation to the State Duma on Monday that would
restrict erotic programming on television and ban
television ads for phone sex and sex-themed cell phone
messages. 5-7-2006
Arabs encouraged to pay for sex with women in Indonesia
Indonesia's vice
president said he saw nothing wrong with Arab men paying
local women to marry and then divorcing them days or
hours later, and suggested the practice - dismissed by
critics as legalized prostitution - could boost tourism.
5-7-2006
Understanding Japan's 'Love Hotels'
The
words 'love' and 'hotel' combined in the English
language conjure up romantic images of energetic
weekends away, breakfast in bed, walks in the woods,
dinner by candlelight with champagne - and whatever else
springs to mind - by an open fire. In Japan, however,
the resultant image of the same combination of words is
somewhat different. 5-7-2006
Japan: Hostess says life no cabaret for hard-up kyabajo gals
Nightclub hostess jobs
have become hotter than ever before and women are
flocking to them in droves in the hope of pocketing some
easy money, according to Sunday Mainichi.
5-7-2006
India: Where sex is not a taboo subject
"Is there any way we can identify a
homosexual?" This was a query from a government school
teacher to a doctor who was explaining the nuances of
sexual preferences and safe sex.
5-7-2006
