


The next entry into the Yakuza series has gotten its first rather atmospheric trailer, taking great pride in its graphics as it shows off the fierce Kiryu in all his HD glory; the game promising plenty more of its staple fisticuff action that so many fans love.
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The latest PV for the upcoming Yakuza 1 remake “Yakuza Kiwami” has given players a look at the game’s staple fisticuffs, while also showing more of Majima Goro’s maniacal antics albeit elevated to near absurd levels by way of some humorous cross-dressing.
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With Monogatari over for the time being, Shaft brings forth another “nise” anime, taking the form of Nisekoi – an anti-Romeo-and-Juliet love comedy involving the fake arranged relationship between rival Yakuza boss heirs – produced with Shaft’s signature animation-style and likely in for an inevitable BD Shafting if the quality of the first episode is anything to go by.
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The latest scandal to surface around “national idol” group AKB48 may be the most damaging yet – it has emerged that the group’s founders apparently enjoyed close relations with the yakuza, leading to the profoundly unsavoury conclusion that the Japanese government has been using public funds to subsidise a yakuza-connected idol group in order to promote Japan’s image overseas…
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Police have arrested the CEO and 39 male employees of a soapland chain which employed 635 girls and banked $125 million over the last 2 years, after they were deemed to have fell foul of an obscure zoning technicality.
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The latest development in Osaka’s efforts to hound tattooed deviants from public service have resulted in a lawsuit alleging the purge violates the Japanese constitution.
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Amidst Japan’s ever ongoing campaign to hound tattooed deviants from public places, Saitama may now lead the pack – the prefecture has been excluding record numbers of people with tattoos from public pools, boasting that one pool managed a record-setting “180 in a day.”
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A car chase has ended with police shooting dead the car’s yakuza driver after he repeatedly attempted to ram his way past police.
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Osaka’s mayor has once again been criticising the moral depravity of tattoos, this time warning Lady Gaga that she can forget about working as one of his binmen.
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Continuing his crusade against the evils of tattoos, Osaka mayor Tooru Hashimoto has vowed to “thoroughly deal with” 200 tattooed city employees.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Mar 7, 2012 20:05 JST
- Tags: Gravure, Image Gallery, Kimono, Kobe, Oppai, Prostitution, Tattoos, Yakuza

The discovery of the ravishingly tattooed “Nanami” working at a Kobe soapland and thankfully being rather free with her saucy and highly artistic sample pictures has been attracting a significant amount of attention online.
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The mayor of Osaka has once again been voicing his disgust at the fact that the city has employed people with tattoos, and has demanded the creation of a special taskforce to root them out and sack them.
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