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Is Shibuya Tokyo’s new sin city?
Since the tightening of regulations against fuuzoku sex industry businesses in Shinjuku’s Kabuki-cho last year, there have been voices of concern about whether or not the neighborhood will lose its(...)
Also posted in Photo Essays 6 Comments
Hosts and Hostesses: Some thoughts on Hiroko Tabuchi’s great article
Tabuchi-san wrote an interesting piece about the resurgent popularity of hostess jobs in Japan in the New York Times last week. I contributed a commentary to the debate blog about(...)
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Amazon Japan Says Goodbye to Covert Child Porn
In the Empire of Child Pornography: AMAZON JAPAN REMOVES CHILD PORN FROM THEIR WEBSITE May 2009 by Jake Adelstein and Polaris Project Japan “Idols” in Japan refer to pin-up girls,(...)
Also posted in Dark Side of the Sun 3 Comments
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