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Happening Bars: A Guide to Japan’s Hidden Sex Hotspots
What are happening bars? What actually "happens" in one? And the bigger question as a foreigner in Japan: Will they even allow…
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A Crime-Free Kabukicho? Tokyo Police Start “Purging” Touts and Scouts
Touts and scouts in Kabukicho say they feel they're in the middle of a crackdown. Will this new attempt to "clean up"…
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21 Soaplands Shut Overnight, Leaving Japanese Sex Workers High and Dry
The incident highlights the shift in sex-related businesses in Japan - and the precarious situation of sex workers.
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Japanese Women Increasingly Trafficked Overseas for Sex Work by Scout Groups
The groups have made a killing by recruiting financially vulnerable women. Ordinary Japanese travelers are feeling the blowback.
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How I Found Myself Locked in a Love Hotel
Many love hotels don't like it when you leave before your stay is up. Indeed, some older ones make sure you can't.
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Japanese Sex Toy Firm Tenga Suffers US Data Breach
The company took pains to reassure its Japanese customer base that information about their masturbatory habits was safe.
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As Overseas Sex Work From Japan Booms, Solo Female Travelers Face Border Trouble
More Japanese women are going overseas for prostitution. That's leading to women outside the industry being turned back at the border.
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Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor
Ex-mayor Ogawa Akira insists the 10+ times she went to a love hotel with another city employee were strictly business.