Mainichi Wai Wai has a summary of a report from the Asahi Geino weekly magazine that suggests males can avoid a long list of maladies and ensure long life by engaging in an exercise that is best described as “stretching the sack.”

Inoma, former managing editor of music magazine Oricon Style and now lead singer of punk band Onani Machine, says he has been using the ball-stretching method for 20 years, testing his testicles to the limit and improving his health.

“It has taken the stiffness out of my entire body and improved my eyesight. Whenever I got tired during my magazine days, I’d really give my ball sack a good stretch,” Inoma tells Asahi Geino. “From the time I started until now, I haven’t had a single major illness. And that’s despite smoking three packs of cigarettes and downing a bottle of shochu (potato-based, vodka-like liquor) every day. There’s not a thing wrong with my liver or anything.”

Interested? Well, here is how it is done.

“You grab the sack and give it a yank, then gently move the skin around in circles while still pulling on it,” he says. “I’m constantly putting my hands in my pockets and pulling on my sack five to six hours a day, whether I’m at home watching TV or outside somewhere. I think for beginners, though, a 1-minute set would be more than enough.”

If you are too shy to caress your cojones on your own, there are Thai-style massage parlors who are eagerly standing by to do the deed for you.

Miss Phuket Ikebukuro Higashi, a Thai-style massage parlor in Tokyo, offers a testicle massage additional option to its 1-hour massage sessions. It’s proving to be popular.

“Testicle massages improve circulation and liver functions and boost male bodily functions,” Thai masseuse Izumi tells Asahi Geino. “About 97 percent of our customers take up the option of having their testicles manipulated.”

Long time readers may remember a related JAPUNDIT post that suggested similar. . . therapy . . . for women as well.
(Big thanks to gaminette for tracking this down!)