Prostitution in Japan
Saitama Sex Shop Manager Arrested Over Kickbacks to a Recruiter
Police in Tokyo have arrested the manager of an adult entertainment shop in Saitama Prefecture on suspicion of paying illegal […]
Prostitution in Japan
Prostitution in Japan
Two Yoshiwara Soaplands Busted After Raking In Nearly 5 Billion Yen
Tokyo police have arrested nine people tied to two soaplands in Yoshiwara, including the managers of both shops, on suspicion […]
Prostitution in Japan
Todai Med School Professor Admits He Took ¥1.83 Million in Soapland and Hostess Bribes
A University of Tokyo medical professor just stood up in court and admitted he took about ¥1.83 million in bribes […]
Prostitution in Japan
An Osaka Dominatrix Went Freelance and Keeps Almost Everything She Earns
An Osaka Dominatrix Went Freelance and Keeps Almost Everything She Earns A recent tabloid interview with a 36-year-old Osaka woman, […]
Prostitution in Japan
Obsessed clients and the risks soapland workers say they live with
A murder-suicide at a soapland in Kobe’s Fukuhara district this June has people in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara talking about something they […]
Prostitution in Japan
Japanese Guys Are Lining Up Down the Street for 15-Minute Handjobs at Bargain Prices
Nighttime in a Japanese entertainment district and the sidewalk is packed. Not for ramen. Not for a limited-edition sneaker drop. […]
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Those 4.8-star Kabukicho bars might be gaming Google
If you’re heading to Tokyo nightlife and using Google Maps the way most visitors do, a 4.8 rating on a […]
Prostitution in Japan
From Keio Law Student to Yoshiwara Soapland Star to Running Her Own Office in Meguro: Sumika Hori’s Unbelievable Glow-Up
From doctor’s daughter to Yoshiwara soapland star to running her own legal office in Meguro — Sumika Hori’s story is […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
A Caregiver Started a Call-Girl Service Specifically for Disabled Clients
A woman in her 30s has been living two very different lives. By day she works as a home helper […]
Prostitution in Japan
Japan May Start Punishing the Guys Who Cruise Kabukicho for Sex
Japan’s prostitution law has always been lopsided. Selling it in public can get you arrested. Buying it? Basically a shrug. […]
Japan News / Japanese Society
She went into underground sex work to pay her parents back and then die. She ended up turning male desire into a business
Rurutan is an adult influencer with about 1.3 million followers. In a recent magazine conversation with author Akira Tachibana, she […]
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Have the tachinbo really vanished from Okubo Park?
A few years ago, Okubo Park on the edge of Kabukicho was one of those spots everyone seemed to know […]
Prostitution in Japan
51 and Still Bankrolling the Shop: How One Veteran Soapland Queen Pulls in ¥3 Million a Month
Japan’s economy can feel stuck in the mud for a lot of people. Up at the very top of the […]
Prostitution in Japan
She Tried to Leave the Geisha World. They Sent Her a Bill
Japan’s geisha districts are a black box to most people. When someone who actually lived inside one starts talking, it […]
Prostitution in Japan
Oppai Bars: How Japan’s “Sexy Cabarets” Stay Legal — and Whether Foreigners Can Actually Get In
They go by a bunch of names. Officially they’re sexy cabaret clubs (セクシーキャバクラ, sekushī kyabakura, or sekukyaba). People also call […]
Prostitution in Japan
Japan Might Finally Make It Illegal to Pay for Sex
Japan is moving closer to changing its anti-prostitution law so that customers can actually get punished, not just the people […]