unseenjapan, to Japan
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Urikakekin - the "buy now, pay later" scheme used by host clubs - involves a host offering to shoulder customers’ sizable fees for drinks and services sold on credit. The tab adds up, often forcing some customers into prostitution to pay up their debts.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-host-club-closed-urikakekin/

Lacalle, to Tokyo
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Some say that at the end of this street someone turns off the lights when people go to sleep, is it true?

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Young women are increasingly being trapped in mountains of debt due to the sales practices at host clubs in Tokyo's red-light district, with this pushing some into sex work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/26/japan/society/host-club-pay-later-system-prostitution/?utm_content=buffer21083&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #shinjuku #tokyo #kabukicho #hostclubs #prostitution

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The Tokyo police arrested a 16-year-old female high school student for allegedly selling over-the-counter cough medicine without a permit, around an area known as Toyoko in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/06/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-cough-medicine-sales-arrest/?utm_content=buffer2a452&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan is aiming to strengthen measures against host clubs that charge female customers extortionate fees, with some women accruing massive debts and being forced into prostitution to repay the sums. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/29/japan/crime-legal/government-crack-down-host-clubs/?utm_content=buffer7eeb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Police arrested four in Tokyo for selling cough medicine in the Kabukicho district — part of a rise in cases of Japanese youth overdosing on over-the-counter drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/22/japan/crime-legal/cough-medicine-sales-arrest/?utm_content=bufferbfdb2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to Life
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