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Fees Collected From the Women, Kept Off the Books: Osaka Prosecutors Indict an Ogoto Soapland Operator Over ¥87 Million in Unpaid Tax
On October 1, 2026, Osaka prosecutors indicted the former de facto manager of Shinko, the Otsu company behind a soapland in the Ogoto Onsen district, and the company itself. They are accused of hiding about ¥249 million in income, including money collected from the women who worked there, and evading roughly ¥87 million in corporate and consumption taxes.
