 Born in Tokyo in 1977. Nonfiction writer. He has reported and written about culture, history, and medicine in Japan and abroad. His books include "Absolute Poverty," "The Body," "The House of 'Demons'," "43 Killing Intent," "Let's Talk about Real Poverty," "Social Map of Disparity and Division," and "Reporto: Who Kills Japanese Language Ability?

 Kota Ishii

 Nonfiction writer Kota Ishii approaches the reality of a "society of the elderly who are not related to the elderly.

 Osaka's Kamagasaki, known as the "workers' town," has changed: it has embarked on LGBTQ support and sells large quantities of craft beer. The elderly are the main players in this change. Nonfiction writer Kota Ishii visited the area and reported "The Miracle of Kamagasaki" (Part 1).

From Laborer&#8217;s Town to LGBTQ Elderly Support Hub, Exploring the Transformation from Osaka&#8217;s Kamagasaki

 Daisuke Iwasaki

 Takeshi Kinugawa (1st photo)

 It is expected that Prime Minister Kishida will take severe action against Abe faction officials over the LDP's slush fund issue. However, there are criticisms within the LDP that this is in fact only a "sham punishment.

Whispers of Prime Minister Kishida&#8217;s Punishment of Abe Faction Executives Seen as Formal and Meaningless

 Shinji Hasuo

 A 35-year-old man was arrested for engaging in lewd acts with a junior high school girl at a hotel, knowing that the girl was under 18 years old. The location was a hotel in Osaka City. How did a man living in Tokyo have relations with a girl in Osaka? We introduce the unexpected connection.

35 Year Old Man Committing Lewd Acts at a Hotel, Unexpected Connection With a Junior High School Girl

 Masahiro Kawayanagi

 In its heyday, there were several hundred teleclubs in Tokyo alone. Even in today's age of matching apps, some are still in business. What kind of women are calling them? A 35-year-old reporter went undercover to find out.

A visit to a nearly forgotten &#8220;teleclub&#8221; turned out to be a &#8220;character festival.

 Sayuri Saito

 Niseko is a ski resort where luxury hotels and condominiums are opening one after another. While the Niseko-Hirafu resort area is booming with inbound visitors, "vacant houses" in the Kutchan urban area are being bought one after another by foreign investors.

Resale of Niseko&#8217;s Urban Area: Are Foreigners the Savior of Vacant Homes?

 Rika Sasaki

 Social networking services have become a familiar part of modern life, but some people are taking advantage of it to commit scams. Among the many social networking scams, we will introduce three new scams that are gaining popularity.

Behind the scenes of the social networking scam business that exploits the &#8220;information poor.

 AFRO

 As the LDP is rocked by the back-funding issue, the critical period for the opposition parties continues. However, momentum toward a change of government is not building at all. We take a closer look behind the scenes.

Even from within the party, some are harshly calling it a &#8220;performance&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;Too bad&#8221; that the opposition parties cannot make a breakthrough due to the issue of the LDP&#8217;s slush fund.

 Toshihiro NAKAIGAWA

 In this issue of Playback, we take a look back at what this magazine was reporting 10, 20, and 30 years ago. In this issue, we introduce an interview with "mistress high school girls" with monthly incomes of 400,000 yen in the March 11, 1994 issue. There was a sense of déjà vu with the present day.

Playback ‘94: Mistress High School Girls Earn 400,000 Yen Per Month Despite of No Sexual Intercourse with Old Men

 Nonfiction writer. After working for the Sankei Shimbun in the National Police Agency Press Club, Metropolitan Police Department, Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department, Judicial Press Club, and National Tax Agency Press Club, he went freelance. His recent book is "How We Live: Money, Women, and Quitting Time of the Modern Yakuza" (Kodansha + Alpha Shinsho).

 Masahiro Ojima

 The latest situation of methamphetamine has undergone a major change since the beginning of Reiwa. The price of methamphetamine has dropped dramatically, and domestic production, which had been thought to be impossible, is beginning to take off. We take a closer look at the "methamphetamine of today.

End Price Plummets and Domestic Production Initiated: Examining the Current State of Methamphetamine in the Reiwa Era, Amidst Ongoing Cases

 Katsumi Koizumi

 Yuri Adachi

 Kohei Morinaga, a son of Takuro Morinaga, stood up in the ring and challenged his father, Takuro Morinaga, who is battling cancer, to a fight as a way to cheer him up. Although he narrowly lost this time, he said that he would continue his own fight while cheering on his father who is battling the disease on his sickbed.

A Shout Out to My Father! Kohei Morinaga the “Fighting Economic Analyst” Steps Into the Ring

 Tomohiro Makino

 Kyodo News

 The "new rules for calculating the assessed value of condominium inheritance tax" will be introduced sequentially from 2012, and "application for inheritance registration" will also become mandatory. What are the points we need to keep in mind as a result of the revision?

Comprehensive Analysis Unveils Impending Large Tax Increase and 3-Year Grace Period Under New Inheritance Rule Changes, Highlighting Unavoidable Penalties

 A 62-year-old man was arrested for hit-and-run driving a woman in her 70s. The woman was taken to the hospital but died. The man was on his way home from work. The man who drove away without providing any first aid is a man of many stories.

Tragic Hit-and-Run: 75 Year Old Woman Dies After Collapsing on Street; Suspect Alleges Innocence, Claims to Be Returning from Work in Minicar

 Satoshi is a freelance writer, working mainly on the web. He is also involved in the production of books and corporate PR magazines. She does not specialize in any particular field, but covers a wide range of topics that intrigue her, including history, comedy, health, beauty, travel, gourmet food, and nursing care.

 Motoko Abekawa

 Kenji Kawato

 Sky Spa YOKOHAMA

 The sauna boom is attracting attention to the "heat wave masters," or "aufgeesers. Recently, aufgieser is gradually becoming a celebrity, but what kind of job is this?　We ask Satoshi Chopstick Rest, one of Japan's leading aufgieser.

Amidst the World Championships, Discover the Lucrative Potential of a Heat Wave Expert

 Editor and writer. Born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1983, she worked for 10 years in the editorial department of a health information magazine, editing monthly magazines and web media, before becoming a freelance writer. Currently, she interviews, plans, and writes about doctors and specialists, focusing on healthcare and medical fields.

 Yoko Nemmochi

 The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that about 1.1 billion people worldwide are at risk of hearing loss.

Sensory Cell Degradation in Ears from Over 40 Hours Weekly High-Volume Listening

 A former teacher at Yotsuya Otsuka was convicted of voyeuristically photographing girls and forcing them to say obscene words. The man made the girls sit down so that their underwear could be seen and took videos of them. The number of victims is multiple. The following is a brief introduction of the horrifying true face of the man and the entire crime!

A Former Yotsuya Otsuka Instructor Who Took Voyeuristic Pictures of His Student

 Pen name is "Master Ikoma. He is the chief editor of "Ore no Tabi" series. His motto is to conduct thorough on-the-spot interviews, and he has completely explored all of the entertainment districts in Japan. As a freelance editorial reporter, he continues "Ore no Tabi" through articles in magazines and websites, as well as on his own SNS. Author of "A Modern History of Fuzoku" and "Reporto Nihon no Ijikai Chizu" (co-authored).

 Akira Ikoma

 In the past, when the earthquake struck, the sex industry did not only provide support to the victims by bathing and so on. Akira Ikoma, a sex industry journalist, explains what the sex industry can do "precisely because it is a time like this.

Sex Workers&#8217; Dilemma: Evacuation or Assistance? A Journalist&#8217;s Account of Earthquakes and the Sex Industry

 Reconstruction in the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January is still in its infancy. What did the sex industry do in the past when earthquakes hit Japan? Sex industry journalist Akira Ikoma writes about the situation.

Exploring Earthquakes and the Sex Industry Through the Lens of a Journalist

 Tetsudo Takehiro

 In early March, the head of the Yamaguchigumi VI, Shinobu Tsukasa, made a surprise visit to Hokkaido while the Hokkai Hokkaido Police Department was on high alert with a 100-member force. He arrived in Hokkaido with a team of executives in tow, but what was the purpose of his visit? ......

The Lightning Visit of Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi&#8217;s Boss Tsukasa Shinobu and Executives Sparks Investigation Blitz

 Born in Tokyo in 2000. After attending an integrated school in Tokyo from elementary school to high school, she went on to Keio University. He studied sociology at the university.

 Sasaki Chihuahua

 The reality of Reiwa 6 years later, Kabukicho is now ...... #87

 Spring is the season of partings... March is also the month of "graduation" in Kabukicho. Some women "graduated" from hostesses, while others were "graduated" by their designated hostesses. ......We would like to introduce some sad experiences of people who go to Kabukicho.

Beyond the Host: A Woman&#8217;s Journey from Kabukicho to Heartache

 Zene Ikemori

 Reiwa has become the era of "all-enrollment" for universities. Waseda University, one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, will accept 75.5% of students in 2023, and the number of ronin students will be less than 30%. In such a situation, there is a person who passed the entrance exam to Waseda University after nine failed attempts and is now the talk of the town.

Male Student, 9 Times Rejected with a Deviation Value of 40, Perseveres in University Entrance Exams

 Wakako Tako

 There have been many cases in which people have been asked to work with a company they found on the Internet, only to find out that they were being asked to pay an exorbitant amount of money for their belongings. Some say that the scam is a gray area. We asked a lawyer about preventive measures.

Preventing Unwanted Items Collection Scams During the Moving Season

 Kyodo News Reuters/Afro Lee Jae-Won/Afro

 The former Minister of Justice was dubbed the "Onion Man" after numerous irregularities were uncovered during the Moon Jae-in administration. His daughter was fined for cheating on entrance exams. At first, she was so "repentant" that she even made an unrestrained debut as a singer. The following is the shocking story of how he turned around and appealed to the public to show his "intense remorse.

Daughter of Former South Korean Minister of Justice, Fined for Exam Irregularities Despite Appeals for Remorse

 Izumi Nakagawa

 Most wild animals lose their reproductive capacity and their life span ends. Why do only humans live for decades after losing the ability to reproduce? We asked Takehiko Kobayashi, professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, author of "Why Do Only Humans Age?

Could Humanity Embrace an Insect-Like Lifestyle? Tokyo University Professor Explores Aging and Its Potential Universality

 A man who was a popular YouTube star was arrested for assaulting the wife of a former idol. His online name is Watanabe Mahoto. He has been in trouble for many years, including being found to have indecently assaulted a high school girl on the day he announced his marriage. The person involved in the case was talking about his bad behavior.

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From Laborer’s Town to LGBTQ Elderly Support Hub, Exploring the Transformation from Osaka’s Kamagasaki

Whispers of Prime Minister Kishida’s Punishment of Abe Faction Executives Seen as Formal and Meaningless

35 Year Old Man Committing Lewd Acts at a Hotel, Unexpected Connection With a Junior High School Girl

A visit to a nearly forgotten “teleclub” turned out to be a “character festival.

Resale of Niseko’s Urban Area: Are Foreigners the Savior of Vacant Homes?

Behind the scenes of the social networking scam business that exploits the “information poor.

Even from within the party, some are harshly calling it a “performance”… “Too bad” that the opposition parties cannot make a breakthrough due to the issue of the LDP’s slush fund.