People working in the sex industry was not a common profession in Japan until economic pressures - such as unemployment and financial anxiety - forced women to seek work here. , Travel News News - Tim ...

The men going to Okubo Park are mostly from South Korea, China or Taiwan but also from North America and Europe.

The rise of sex tourism in Tokyo's Okubo Park reflects economic pressures on local women and increased foreign male visitors, driven by social media exposure.

Growing sex tourism in Tokyo's Kabukicho area targets young Japanese women. Social media fuels the increase, highlighting ...

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction ...

Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...

Socially conservative Japan welcomed a record 36.8 million tourists last year, thanks in part to the weak yen. Tokyo police did not respond to requests from AFP for information about the increase ...

Money pressures are forcing women to offer cheaper services, further adding to Kabukicho’s attraction, shelter says.

In the first such joint operation since 1973, participants walked along a downtown street dotted with restaurants, bars and ...