AV actress Miru among 35 nabbed in international prostitution sting
Nov 24, 2024 · Miru made her debut as an exclusive actress for label S1 in 2018 at the age of 19. HONG KONG (TR) – As a part of crackdown on an international prostitution ring featuring current and former adult video (AV) actresses from Japan, Hong Kong police last week announced the arrest of 35 persons, including star Japanese AV actress Miru.
Yuka Takaoka incident: Victim survives, holds 'no grudge'
Aug 12, 2019 · Yuka Takaoka allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, a bar host, inside her residence in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo in May
How Korean-Japanese law enforcement thwarted pickpocket gangs
TOKYO (TR) – From the early to mid-Heisei period (1989-2019), the so-called “Korean Armed Pickpocket Gangs” repeatedly committed thefts in Japan.
Host club debts drive women to street prostitution in Kabukicho
Dec 8, 2024 · TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched a crackdown on the increasing number of women soliciting prostitution around the Okubo Park area of the Kabukicho red-light district.. The number of women loitering on streets in the area, often sitting on a guardrail, has increased in recent months, with many foreign tourists serving as their customers, according to …
Setagaya family murders 24 years on: Expanded DNA usage urged
TOKYO (TR) – Monday marked the 24th anniversary of the murders of four members of a family at their residence in Setagaya Ward.. Thus far, Tokyo Metropolitan Police have not arrested a suspect. Dissatisfied with the progress, the bereaved family is calling for the establishment of a law that will allow DNA information to be used to reveal …
Ex-gravure idol Reiko Kato makes triumphant return
Dec 24, 2024 · Reiko Kato in her heyday. TOKYO (TR) – Last Friday, celebrity Reiko Kato, 55, updated her Instagram to announce her first appearance in a gravure (pin-up) photo spread in 26 years.
Japan's oldest adult video starlet retired at the age of 80 in January
Mar 21, 2017 · Venerable label Ruby released the final AV film in the career of Maori Tezuka, 80, in January. TOKYO (TR) – It has been no secret that Japan is a rapidly aging society.
Woman who went missing after murder of man murder in …
Dec 29, 2024 · SAITAMA (TR) – A woman who went missing after a man found collapsed near her apartment in Tokorozawa City last week and later died has been apprehended in Fukui Prefecture.. Saitama Prefectural Police believe the woman, who was apprehended in Fukui on Saturday morning, has information on the murder of Yuto Matsumoto, a 25-year-old office worker from Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture ...
Japan scrambles to convert VHS tapes to digital formats
Jan 12, 2025 · TOKYO (TR) – When a reporter for TV Asahi (Jan. 11) visited a company that provides dubs VHS tapes to digital formats, the scale of the “Magnetic Tape Problem of 2025” was clear at a single glance: piles of cardboard boxes filled with VHS tapes.
Ex-AV actress: ‘I seriously wished that I’d never been born’
Asuka Hoshino retired from adult video industry in 2012 (s1s1s1.com) TOKYO (TR) – Retired adult video (AV) actress Asuka Hoshino, 30, wrote on her blog last month that she was coerced into performing in the industry.. The revelations follow the arrests earlier this year of persons connected to AV-related companies for forcing a woman to appear in a film.