Japan Diet enacts law against predatory practices at male host clubs

Japan Diet enacts law against predatory practices at male host clubs

The Japanese parliament enacted Tuesday a revised law targeting host clubs that coerce female customers who have developed feelings for male hosts into prostitution and other sex work to pay off debts accumulated at the establishments.

Japan Takes Aim at Predatory Practices in Host Clubs

On Tuesday, the National Diet enacted a revised law aimed at curbing predatory behavior at male host clubs. The new legislation prohibits establishments from threatening to force indebted customers into prostitution or jobs in the sex industry. It also bans manipulative sales tactics, such as telling customers they will no longer be allowed to see […] The post Japan Takes Aim at Predatory Practices in Host Clubs appeared first on Tokyo Weekender.

Japan Changing Laws to Prevent Nefarious Host Clubs from Forcing Indebted Customers into Sex Work

Last year, there were approximately 1,100 host clubs in Japan, with about a third of them in Tokyo. These are supposed to be fun, entertaining excursions, like we see in Ouran High School Host Club (and check out Otaku USA’s interview with Kyoya’s voice actor here). And most of them are just fun and safe. But a percentage of host clubs have been known to abuse their power, even to the point of forcing customers into sex work. In 2023, there were…