Police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a host club in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-host-arrest-dating-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #dating #apps #hostbars #shinjuku #kabukicho

Crimes committed by 'tokuryu,' loosely connected anonymous groups that primarily operate through social media, have become a serious social issue in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/crime-legal/tokuryu-poses-problem-for-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #organizedcrime #tokuryu #japanesepolice #gangs #hostbars

Japan's government has approved a bill to tighten regulations on host clubs, aiming to curb abusive practices that force female patrons into prostitution to pay off excessive debts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/crime-legal/host-clubs-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hostbars #prostitution #women039sissues #japanesepolice #gangs #organizedcrime

Tokyo police are stepping up a crackdown on a group that recruits women for sexual services by luring them on social media with promises of high incomes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/05/japan/sex-worker-scout-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #prostitution #hostbars #kabukicho #sexcrimes

A woman in her 60s, living in the Kanto region, has not seen her daughter in four years. The daughter cut all ties after falling deeply into Tokyo's host club culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/19/japan/society/japan-host-club-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hostbars #kabukicho #women039sissues

A total of 88 women and girls as young as 16 were arrested in the first 11 months of this year for soliciting prostitution near Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/05/japan/crime-legal/japan-prostitution-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #prostitution #shinjuku #hostbars #women039sissues #tokyo

Tokyo police announced Wednesday the arrest of a 24-year-old host club employee in the capital’s Kabukicho entertainment district for allegedly attempting to force a female client into prostitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/japan/crime-legal/host-club-prostution/ #japan #crimelegal #hostbars #shinjuku #japanesepolice #prostitution #kabukicho #shinjukuward #mpd #tokyo

Police arrested a 31-year-old business owner Tuesday on suspicion of forcing over 150 women into prostitution at upscale restaurants in Osaka Prefecture in order to pay back massive debt they incurred as customers at a host club. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/06/japan/crime-legal/osaka-brothels-prostitution/ #japan #crimelegal #prostitution #osaka #hostbars #debt

Tokyo police have arrested two men for allegedly receiving kickbacks for arranging for a woman, who had significant debt at a host club in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, to work at a brothel in Oita Prefecture through a broker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/05/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-hosts-arrested/ #japan #crimelegal #hostbars #prostitution #kabukicho #shinjuku #japanesepolice

Tokyo police said they rearrested three men on suspicion of brokering prostitution through a recruitment website targeted at Japanese women. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/12/japan/crime-legal/three-men-arrested-for-brokering-prostitution-overseas/ #japan #crimelegal #prostitution #hostbars #internet