She thought she found love in a Japanese host club. Then the bills ballooned – and she was coerced into sex work
Since April, more than a dozen host club operators in Tokyo – each owning several venues – said they would refuse entry to ...
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140 arrested for prostitution in Kabukicho, 43% cite host clubs
The Metropolitan Police Department said on Dec. 20 that, from January to Dec. 19, they had arrested 140 women around Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Kabukicho ... Some host club workers have been found ...
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‘Host crazy’ women fall into debt hell through pay-later system
A host’s flattering words were enough to enchant a Tokyo woman in her 20s. But it was a “kake” pay-later mechanism at the club that pushed her into heavy debt and eventual work in the sex ...
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'Host' convicted of profiting from woman coerced into prostitution in Japan 1st
The building housing the Tokyo District and High courts is pictured in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 10, 2019. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court has issued a guilty verdict in Japan's ...