Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor - Unseen Japan

Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor - Unseen Japan

I don’t often write about affairs. Let people do what (or who) they want, I say. But some stories catch my eye thanks to the way they intertwine with societal sexual mores. This one, from Gunma Prefecture’s Maebashi, has intrigued me because it involves a mix of sticky issues, including potential workplace harassment and a famous Japanese institution that thrives off of adultery and sex work. It also involves something else that is still, sadly,…