Real field reports and columns on Japan's adult-entertainment world
Columns
Taniguchi, with 20-plus years in the fuzoku world, breaks down Warabi soapland jobs that welcome experienced applicants, from firsthand experience.
Columns
Taniguchi, with 20-plus years in the fuzoku world, breaks down Nangin soapland jobs and commission rates from firsthand experience.
Columns
A look at well-paying men's jobs in Omiya, broken down by Elon, who has spent 20-plus years in the fuzoku world.
Columns
A look at men's nightwork customer-service jobs in Toda, broken down by Elon, who has spent 20-plus years in the fuzoku world.
Columns
Elon, with 20-plus years in the fuzoku world, breaks down Omiya men's job listings with daily pay, drawing on firsthand experience.
Columns
Elon, with 20-plus years in the fuzoku world, breaks down men's nightwork hiring in Omiya, drawing on firsthand experience.
Field Diary
Shibuya's Dougenzaka slope. There are two kinds of people who climb this steep hill: those heading straight for the entertainment district ahead, and those who turn off into the red-light strip along the way. I've been the second kind for over twenty years.
News
On the 14th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested two men in Tokyo on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act (causing a person to engage in obscene acts) for running a 'JK business' that used high school girls to provide sexual services. The victims are believed to include several high school students, and police are working to uncover the full scope of related establishments.
News
On the 15th, the National Police Agency published a report compiling its findings on ties between the sex industry and organized crime groups. Cases of sex-business operation or profit provision involving organized-crime figures confirmed nationwide in 2019 reached 165, up roughly 10 percent year-on-year. While organized-crime exclusion ordinances continue to be put in place, tracking increasingly sophisticated money movement remains a challenge.