Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Bound together by shared neglect and marginalization, the Toyoko Kids in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward have formed a distinct, social media-linked youth subculture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/05/japan/society/toyoko-kids-tokyo-subculture/?utm_content=bufferc2ba1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #tokyo #shinjuku #toyokokids #homeless #children #socialmedia