Japan Focus 07: Biggest Brothel in the World

• All Groups

“Filthy old Japs,” JK business, “tour guiding,” “compensated dating,” taboo sex and all other illicit and depraved sexual activities

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

• Report available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

Background:

• The continued practice of enjo kosai (compensated dating) and the existence of websites for online dating, social networking, and “delivery health” (a euphemism for call-girl or escort services) facilitated the sex trafficking of children and other commercial sex industries. A trend known as “JK business” continued to grow; these businesses include cafes that feature underage female servers and massage parlors staffed by high school-age girls. NGOs helping girls in “JK business” reported a link between these activities and the exploitation of children in prostitution. [US State Department, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016, Japan]
• STD infection rates in Japan are currently soaring: more so than in most developed countries.
• Japan’s syphilis problem prompts ministry to bring in special team: Across Japan, there were 4,259 syphilis cases from Jan. 1 to early December 2016, up 77 percent from the same period in 2015.
• From 1985, when the first diagnoses were reported, to the end of 2013, there were a cumulative 23,015 reported cases of HIV, of which 7,203 (31.3%) were AIDS cases (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2014). … these numbers do not include 1432 cumulative cases of HIV and AIDS among hemophilia patients iatrogenically infected through blood products…