Pedophile ’superstar’ school vice principal fired for child prostitution

COLUMNS An elementary school vice principal under arrest over child prostitution has been dismissed, local education authorities said. [MAINICHI]

10 years on, currency earthquake is waiting to rattle Asia once more

COLUMNS It is 10 years since the Asian currency crisis. Currency crises are like earthquakes. I hesitate to use this analogy when lives have been lost and people continue to suffer as a result of the quake last week in the Chuetsu area of Niigata Prefecture. Yet the parallel is a valid one. [THE JAPAN TIMES]

Slow Life, Slow Sex: Do you like a long one?

COLUMNS Don’t let the headline mislead you: this week’s column is not about penis length. Instead, it’s about a topic other than penis length but one that still has Japanese men on tenterhooks - the amount of time spent having sex. [MSN MAINICHI]

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