Arrest follows Japanese government passing new laws targeting fraud through emotional manipulation.
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Tokyo sex industry worker arrested for saying she needed tuition money, spending it on hosts
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Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2025 - Tweet
- Japan
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Japanese man accepts hostess’ invitation for night view date, sees type of stars he didn’t want to
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Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2025
Japanese host and host clubs no longer allowed to take advantage of customer’s romantic feelings
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Casey Baseel
May 23, 2025
New law seeks to address women being pressured into prostitution to pay off host club debt.
- Japan
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Oona McGee
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Woman he illegally invited to come to his bar wasn’t who she initially seemed to be either.
Tokyo to crack down on hostess/host bar advertising trucks by closing loophole
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Casey Baseel
Apr 11, 2023
Metropolitan government may ask other parts of Japan to match its restrictions on adult entertainment advertising.
- Japan
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Why is there a wrestling ring in the Underground Arena fighting bar in Kabukicho?
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Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2023
- Japan
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Back when she was younger she couldn’t get away from them, so we visit a host club to find out what’s going on.
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Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 4: Not Like a Dragon
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Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2022
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 3: Crazy Town
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Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2022
Stories of blood, cockroaches, and the old days of Kabukicho, Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 2: Towards the Gray Darkness
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Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2022
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho as dangerous as the Yakuza games’ setting? Mr. Sato investigates
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Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2022
Our ace reporter hits the streets in his Kiryu Kazama cosplay to talk to the people who know Kabukicho best.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
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Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2022
- Japan
- (AKB48 • hostess bars • idol singers • Idols • Keyakizaka46 • Manaka Shida • Sakurazaka46)
Adult entertainment guidance center in Tokyo also serves up great curry【Taste test】
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Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2021
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • curry • food • host clubs • hostess bars • restaurants • SNJO • weird)
Adult entertainment guidance center appears in Akihabara, some worry neighborhood is changing
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Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2020
Photos show otaku district’s iconic Kitchen Jiro restaurant has been replaced by something very different.
- Japan
- (Ayaka Idate • COK • fashion • hostess bars • hostesses • masks • SNJO)
Hooters closing original location in Japan as large-chested chain’s downsizing continues
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Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2020
- Japan
- (beautiful women • food • Hooters • hostess bars • restaurants • society)
Tokyo plan to give 100,000 yen to residents who get infected with coronavirus sparks backlash
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Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2020
“So is this the start of the Coronavirus Challenge Lottery?” asks opponent of Shinjuku program.
- Japan
- (COK • controversy • coronavirus • health • host bars • hostess bars • shinjuku • society • Tokyo)
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