Prostitution in Japan has existed throughout the country's history. While the Prostitution Prevention Law of 1956 states that "No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it", loopholes, liberal interpretations and a loose enforcement of the law have allowed the Japanese sex industry to prosper and earn an estimated 2.3 ...

Dec 5, 2024 · A total of 88 women and girls as young as 16 were arrested from January to November for soliciting prostitution near Okubo Park, a municipal park in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward, the Metropolitan...

Oct 7, 2023 · Coming on the heels of the hottest September in recorded history, October 2023 will be remembered as the month when the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department launched the biggest crackdown on prostitution in recent memory, snaring no fewer than 80 streetwalkers.

Dec 8, 2024 · TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched a crackdown on the increasing number of women soliciting prostitution around the Okubo Park area of the Kabukicho red-light district.

2 days ago · Tokyo police on Tuesday arrested the operator of a brothel targeting foreign visitors, marking the first nationwide crackdown on an establishment aimed at tourists visiting from overseas. Kazuki ...

2 days ago · Seven men have been arrested for allegedly forcing women into prostitution, mainly catering to foreigners visiting Japan as inbound tourists, in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment and red light district, police said Tuesday. The latest case uncovered in the heart of Shinjuku, one of the busiest commercial districts in Japan, is believed…

23 hours ago · A Tokyo police spokesman told AFP on Feb 5 that seven people, including a Brazilian national, had been arrested for running prostitution businesses under the guise of massage parlours for men in ...

Jun 17, 2024 · Tokyo police have arrested 23 men for allegedly pimping out female workers at sex entertainment stores — the largest number of arrests in a single crackdown. Masaki Tooka, a 51-year-old company...

Oct 4, 2023 · Police have intensified their crackdown on prostitutes around Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Kabukicho, Japan’s largest red-light district, where an increasing number of women are seeking cash to visit...

Jul 25, 2023 · TOKYO -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) launched an intensive crackdown on prostitution in July following an increase in the soliciting of customers on streets in Tokyo's Kabukicho...