sex workers Archives - Unseen Japan

Few prominent figures or politicians in Japan are willing to talk about the negative impact the law has had on Japan's porn…

The man allegedly forced her to do papa-katsu (sugar-babying), arranging meetings with men and keeping most of the money.

Mikami Yua thought she was just wearing a nice dress. Then a bride-to-be found the star's Instagram and they both went viral.

The recent arrest of four women in a prostitution ring operating near Okubo Park highlights how the area has grown in popularity.

By day, 49-year-old Takitani Hiroshi conducted life-saving research on earthquakes. By night, he was running an unlicensed sex shop.

For the first time, a court in Japan rules that hosts taking kickbacks from routing indebted customers to sex shops breaks the…

The clubs have come under fire for pushing female customers into debt and, in some cases, forcing them into prostitution.

A number of political party representatives - including popular Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) leader Tamaki Yuichirō - attended a symposium…