The surge in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), particularly syphilis and gonorrhea, in Tokyo has raised significant public health concerns. Over the last few years, health authorities in the city have been grappling with an unprecedented rise in cases, reflecting a broader global trend. Addressing this surge presents Tokyo’s public health infrastructure with multiple challenges, including … Continue reading Challenges in Tokyo’s Public Health Response to Rising STD Infections
Category Archives: Sex & relationship
Marriage and Relationship Challenges: Navigating Emotional Disconnection
Midlife is a period of profound reflection and transition, and for many, this extends into their most intimate relationships. Long-term partnerships often face new tensions as individuals reassess their lives, roles, and personal fulfillment. As people enter their 40s, 50s, and beyond, they may begin to question their life choices, and in particular, whether their … Continue reading Marriage and Relationship Challenges: Navigating Emotional Disconnection
What Sexually Active Men Should Know About Sexual Health
Being sexually healthy involves considerably more than maintaining an erection or having a strong libido. It includes consent, communication, contraception, STI prevention, testing, vaccination and recognising physical changes that deserve medical attention. Sexual health is relevant whether a man has sex with women, men or partners of different genders. The appropriate protection and testing plan … Continue reading What Sexually Active Men Should Know About Sexual Health
How to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence-Based UTI Tips
A urinary tract infection, commonly called a UTI, can cause burning during urination, frequent bathroom visits and uncomfortable pressure in the lower abdomen. Some infections remain in the bladder, while others can spread to the kidneys and become more serious. Not every UTI can be prevented. Anatomy, menopause, pregnancy, urinary retention, kidney stones, diabetes and … Continue reading How to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence-Based UTI Tips
Sex for the First Time: A Practical Guide to Consent, Comfort and Safer Sex
Having sex for the first time can bring a mixture of curiosity, excitement and nervousness. Some people plan it carefully, while others reach the decision gradually within a relationship. Either way, there is no need for the experience to resemble pornography, films or stories shared by friends. First-time sex may feel affectionate, awkward, pleasurable, underwhelming … Continue reading Sex for the First Time: A Practical Guide to Consent, Comfort and Safer Sex
Comfortable Oral Sex Positions: Practical Tips for Safety and Comfort
Oral sex can be pleasurable and intimate, but an uncomfortable position may quickly cause neck strain, jaw fatigue, knee pain or difficulty breathing. What looks effortless in photographs or videos may be difficult to maintain in real life. A comfortable oral-sex position should allow both partners to relax, communicate and stop easily. The person performing … Continue reading Comfortable Oral Sex Positions: Practical Tips for Safety and Comfort
Why Sex Can Be Important in a Healthy Relationship
Sex can be an important part of a romantic relationship. For some couples, it provides pleasure, affection, emotional closeness and a way to express desire. For others, sexual activity is less central, infrequent or absent—and their relationship may still be loving and fulfilling. What matters is not whether a couple meets a supposed ideal frequency. … Continue reading Why Sex Can Be Important in a Healthy Relationship
Shower Intimacy: Safer Positions and Practical Tips for Couples
Sharing a shower can feel playful and intimate. Warm water, privacy and a change from the usual routine may help couples relax and reconnect. However, showers are designed for washing—not sexual activity. Wet floors, soap, hard surfaces, limited space and changing water temperatures introduce risks that do not exist in a bedroom. Some positions commonly … Continue reading Shower Intimacy: Safer Positions and Practical Tips for Couples
How to Keep Intimacy Comfortable and Exciting in Hot Weather
Warm weather can encourage holidays, outdoor dates and a more relaxed pace of life. It can also make physical intimacy less comfortable. Excessive heat, perspiration, disrupted sleep and dehydration may leave one or both partners feeling tired rather than romantic. That does not mean a relationship must lose its spark until the temperature falls. Summer … Continue reading How to Keep Intimacy Comfortable and Exciting in Hot Weather
Adventurous Sex Positions: Safer Ways to Explore Together
Trying something new can bring playfulness and curiosity into a long-term relationship. However, being adventurous does not require extreme flexibility, uncomfortable acrobatics or taking risks in public. For many couples, a meaningful change can be as simple as adjusting the angle of a familiar position, moving to a different part of a private room, using … Continue reading Adventurous Sex Positions: Safer Ways to Explore Together
