I have one question, why is it that Canada seems to be a major nipple enhancer exporter, anything to do with the cold?

Nipponese nubiles
go nuts for nipples

By Ryann Connell
Staff Writer
January 24, 2005

Nipples are nipping into a niche in Nippon, according to Shukan Post (2/4).
Nipple Enhancers have suddenly become the hottest "breast improvement" must-have among Japanese women.

"We set up an online sales page in July last year. We didn't sell a single set. Then, in about October last year, we slowly started to move some. Sales started trickling through right about the time the tennis world started taking notice of Russian star Maria Sharapova, who was becoming known in the local media for her tight shirts that always showed the outline of her nipples," Takashi Fujiki, president of JT Kikaku, the company that has been importing Nipple Enhancers to Japan for the past two years, tells Shukan Post. "We put in an additional order for another 500 pieces right at the end of last year and they sold out immediately. We get about 10 orders a day, but our stocks are depleted. We've put in additional orders for another 1,000 sets in January alone."

JT Kikaku imports Nipple Enhancers from Canada and sells them at a retail price of 1,200 yen apiece. Nipple Enhancers are made from polyurethane, have a circumference of some 4.5 centimeters and weigh about 1 gram. The circular center part of the project protrudes.

Nipple Enhancers are equipped with adhesive that allows them to be attached to bras or directly onto the skin. Sticking on the bud boosters has the effect of, well, making the wearer appear to have their headlights turned on regardless of the time of day.

"Our main buyers," JT Kikaku's Fujiki tells Shukan Post, "are women in their 20s."

Nipple Enhancers have been pretty successful in the West, where Japan's biggest-selling weekly claims their success has derived from the widespread disappointment women have if lumbered with inverted nipples.

They're also making their mark on Japan's legions of office ladies.

"I tried out some Nipple Enhancers for a matchmaking party I went to recently. I'd worn them under a single sweater and you should have seen it when I took my coat off...the guys at the party couldn't take their eyes off me," a 28-year-old woman tells Shukan Post. "There's no doubt these things are good at attracting guys' eyes."