Real field reports and columns on Japan's adult-entertainment world
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About 160 Tokyo officers, riot police included, raided two Kabukicho bars before dawn on Nov. 11 and arrested five people under the adult-entertainment law. Rip-off complaints in the Shinjuku station's area have hit about 340 this year, and roughly 70% of victims are foreigners.
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Tokyo police have arrested a 50-year-old man who called himself the owner of an Akihabara concept cafe, alleging he sexually assaulted a high school girl who came in for a part-time job interview. He denies it. Police say they have received similar complaints since about 2021.
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Tokyo police arrested the 68-year-old operator of the Himawari massage parlor in Shinbashi and three female employees, all Chinese nationals, on suspicion of offering sexual services where sex businesses are banned. Police believe the shop took in about ¥1.6 billion since 2012.
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Osaka police arrested five people, mostly Vietnamese nationals, on suspicion of running an unlicensed nightclub in a Nishi-Shinsaibashi building where ketamine and MDMA had been seized. The club's license was allegedly held in the name of a company with no real role in it.
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Nanae, the Ginza hostess club run by TV personality Nanae Karasawa, is closed from October 30 to December 28 after a contract staffer was investigated for street scouting. The owner says the closure will cost about ¥300 million in peak-season sales.
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A group calling itself Mumei no Kai claims it stole records on 58,573 members of Tokyo Himitsu Kichi, a nationwide escort chain for women. The group has confirmed unauthorized access to its booking system, but the scale of the leak remains unverified.
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Okinawa police have arrested nine people, including six Chinese nationals, over an alleged illegal sex business on Okinawa City's Gate Street that catered to U.S. military personnel. A raid on about 20 sites turned up more than ¥100 million in cash.
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Tokyo police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage concept cafe worker he met as a customer in Kabukicho, pulling her into an internet cafe booth and burning her with a lit cigarette. She suffered injuries expected to take about three months to heal. He denies the charge.
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A 30-year-old host from Sapporo's Susukino district and a 27-year-old sex-shop worker described as a scout have been arrested and sent to prosecutors on suspicion of placing a host-club customer in her 20s at a soapland in Kagawa Prefecture, on the far side of Japan. The case surfaced when she told police she wanted to cut ties with the host.
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Tokyo police have arrested a 78-year-old man they describe as the de facto chairman of the Reijo Group, which runs four Yoshiwara soaplands including Danshaku, on suspicion of providing rooms for prostitution. Police estimate sales of about ¥3.07 billion since 2016. He denies the allegation.