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Weird and wacky tales from Japan's wild weeklies



Secret sex services in Japan's gadget land? Nerd is the word! (May 14)
Otaku now dominate the streets of Tokyo's Akihabara and the district once best-known for its clusters of electronics shops now has more than its share of sex services aimed at the geeks' bizarre tastes, according to Spa! (5/20).


Narked nurses take musical revenge on worsening workplaces (May 13)
A group of "angels in white" are aiming to exorcise the demons they face in their hospital workplaces by forming a band made up entirely of nurses, according to Sunday Mainichi (5/25).


Give me pubic hair, or give me death! (May 12)
Vanishing pubic hair spells a dangerous threat to everybody's liberty, one of Japan's most prominent journalists tells Shukan Asahi (5/16).


Tabloid Tidbits: 'Shocking' new development offers hope to the hefty (May 11)
Japanese researchers have found a method they believe may be one of the most effective ways to fight fat, but warn that it's quite literally shocking, according to Yukan Fuji (5/8).


Female writer handed all the worst assignments but finally gets ahead (or at least gets head) (May 10)
"I couldn't sell any of my stories," writes Yoko, a 25-year old freelance writer based in Tokyo.


Murder and mutilation stalk the streets, but won't somebody think of the pansies? (May 9)
Somebody has turned violent in their attempt to say it with flowers, as Japan has recently been swept up in a spate of incidents in which pansies and tulips in public areas have been smashed to smithereens, according to Josei Seven (5/15-22).


Fear of outing drives cross-dressing druggie sadist into deadly night-long orgy of torture (May 8)
Fears of exposure of drug use, kinky sex habits and a "harem" of women led a Tokyo man to batter his ex-wife to death, but his trial revealed an even more chilling side to his actions than the heinous acts he was accused of, according to Shukan Gendai (5/10-17).


Suicidal porn princess with a fetish for funny men chooses gassing over flaming (May 7)
A "fallen angel" porn starlet -- whose biggest claim to fame was an online assault brought on after threatening to expose celebrities she said she'd slept with -- has tragically become one of the growing number of Japanese taking their lives through toxic hydrogen sulfide inhalation, Flash (5/13-20) says.


Behind-the-scenes babes offer backdoor view of Japan's porn biz (May 6)
Dealing with phone calls from literal jerks, picking out color coordinated condoms and selecting materials for simulated semen are just some of the duties of women working behind the scenes at adult moviemakers, according to Friday (5/9-16).


DNA tests place offensive soccer star's dribbling balls at scene of panty raid (May 5)
Legal reasons prevent us from naming him here, but the J.League soccer star now accused of stealing a young woman's panties was named for the Japan national team last month, according to Shukan Asahi (5/9).