In Iran, women are forbidden from stadiums, but for fans of soccer, drastic times call for drastic measures.
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Less than 50 sake breweries in Japan are female-owned, and this crowdfunding project offers a chance to sample brews from a dozen of them.
Almost half of the respondents said they experienced a sense of disappointment when they saw a woman’s unmade face.
Surprisingly, discovering their partner in the arms of another lover is not at the number-one spot on this list.
Tries painting a dark picture of constitutional amendments, raises eyebrows for colorful imagination that resembles naughty anime or video game.
New Tokyo “art exhibition” showcasing women’s thighs just in time for Christmas.
RocketNews24’s P.K. Sanjun goes in search of the overall ages where women are at their hottest. His finds both surprised him and proved a little controversial.
The status of women in Japan is changing and the Japanese language is being modified along with it. Let’s see how women are viewed these days by surveying some of the modern Japanese words used to describe them.
The new ad campaign addresses a variety of behaviours that should be avoided while travelling on trains, but so far, this is the only act that they’re calling indecent.
New book introduces 140 titles from the yuri genre that explore the topic of lesbian love.
While perseverance is a trait to be admired, there comes a point where “Suck it up, buttercup” is just terrible career advice.
Summer is upon us and we’ve found an interesting survey that may give you the edge for your next summer date.
A new Chinese commercial features claims of an electric fan that generates an air pocket of wind that feels like a pair of breasts. Ingenious invention or just marketing?

















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