The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced the leader of a sex-worker scouting group to four years and six months in prison for violating the employment security law. Kazuma Endo, […]
In Japan, it is currently illegal to receive money for sex, but not to pay for sex. In other words, a sex worker’s customer is not doing anything wrong in […]
We recently reported about the large-scale closure of soaplands around Japan following the shuttering of a major chain, possibly to avoid a police crackdown in the wake of the investigation into a […]
Japan is eyeing revising the anti-prostitution law to potentially include buyers who solicit sex for money as violators, closing a widely criticized loophole wherein only sellers are deemed to be […]
Kabukicho has a reputation. Even if you’ve never been there, you’ve probably heard stories — some exciting, some sketchy, and some that sound like they came from a friend who […]
Japan has always had a unique relationship with adult entertainment and nightlife. From hostess bars in Kabukicho to the infamous fuzoku industry, there’s a long-standing culture around adult services that […]
Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic […]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers. […]
Seventy-five women were arrested for street prostitution near Okubo Park in Kabukicho district in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward during the first half of 2025, more than double from the same period […]
According to an article in Weekly Women Prime, Japan is seeing a rapid rise in the number of establishments offering sexual services to women from male “therapists.” The claim is […]
The issue of young streetwalkers, known as tachinbo in Japanese, in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, especially around Okubo Park, has become a huge social panic, with media reports and police crackdowns appearing […]
Last December a backstreet in the Taiyujicho/Toganocho district of Umeda in Osaka underwent a makeover in a bid to decrease the number of young women who hang around there, waiting for […]
Osaka Police has arrested four people on charges of criminally profiting off acting as go-betweens for women and brothels. In the latest example of a general police crackdown on such brokers, […]
In tabloid terms, Anri Sakaguchi is the gift that keeps on giving. The celebrity, who is the daughter of an actress and golfer, and was a feature on TV shows in the […]
Tokyo Police has arrested a 40-year-old man from Osaka on February 10, on charges of violating an employment law while acting as a go-between for an American brothels and a […]
Local Tokyo Police have raided a brothel that offered services to foreign tourists, arresting seven. The establishment in Kabukicho, central Tokyo and one of Japan’s red light hot spots, provided […]
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