waiting for customers for the purpose of prostitution is illegal. However, the law only applies to women. On the other hand, the Tokyo ordinance prohibits soliciting and waiting for customers for ...

If Japan really didn't want prostitution, then they'd have tougher laws without loopholes and enforce them across the entire country. Seems like what Japan has is a law to make some people outside ...

An alleged prostitution ring targeting foreign tourists in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment and red light district may have earned 1.1 billion yen ($7.4 million) across two locations since 2021 ...

TOKYO -- Japanese media reported this week that police have arrested several men accused of sexual assault of their underaged ...

The latest arrest of a senior member of the group Access highlights an extensive industry preying on debt-ridden women.

It's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district.

Police received 2,776 consultations nationwide related to host clubs last year, with many involving women coerced into sex ...

Ito was first arrested in Tokyo in February and told investigators ... after his name came up in a separate and unrelated child prostitution case. At his trial, prosecutors sought six years ...

Koichiro Ito is facing serious verdict after he was convicted of violating laws regarding child prostitution.The Japanese ...

An alleged prostitution ring targeting foreign tourists in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment and red light district may have earned 1.1 billion yen across two locations since 2021, police said Wednesday ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An alleged prostitution ring targeting foreign tourists in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment and red light district may have earned 1.1 billion yen ($7.4 ...