Tabloid Tokyo XXX Sex, Sex and More Sex: A Decade of Ribald Romps from Japan's Wild Weeklies

by Connell, Ryann; Schreiber, Mark

• ISBN13: 9784770030856
• ISBN10: 4770030851
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Kodansha USA

Summary

The authors' long-running column in print (The Daily Mainichi) and on-line, covering the way Japan's lively weekly magazines look at Japanese society, have proven to be most popular when running stories about sex. For this third in the Tabloid Tokyo series, they have focused exclusively on these stories, collecting over 100 pieces on everything from the sex industry to sexual habits, from sexual shenanigans to criminal acts. True, it's not the most sophisticated view of Japanese society, but that's what the weekly magazines are all about. "Of the many ways to engage the Japanese, and the brilliant and peculiar society they have built . . . the fastest, the most amusing, the most memorable--is through Tabloid Tokyo and its sequel Tabloid Tokyo 2."--Stephen Hunter, author of The 47th Samurai, latest of the Bob Lee Swagger novels "[A] zippy collection."--PW on Tabloid Tokyo

Author Biography

The authors articles consistently draw large numbers of readers to their website from around the globe. Australian Ryann Connell is the Chief Editor of the leading internet source of news about Japan in English, and has lived in Japan for almost twenty years.
A newspaper and magazine columnist, translator and author, Mark Schreiber has lived in Asia since 1965. He is the author of The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals (Kodansha International, 2001).