Sex tourists flock to Japan’s red-light area, lured by weak yen, social media videos

Young Japanese women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside to the bustling Kabukicho nightlife district.There is no official data but anecdotal evidence suggests that increasing numbers of foreign men are flocking to the area after seeing videos on social media.One of the women said that the area near Kabukicho, where Godzilla rumbles and belches