JapanToday Sotokanda S Bldg. Coming on the heels of the hottest September in recorded history, October will be remembered as the month when the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department launched the biggest crackdown on prostitution in recent memory, snaring no fewer than 80 streetwalkers. Just prior to that event, Spa Oct 3 interviewed several anonymous males whose case studies give an idea on the incentives for working women to converge on the area. Case No.
Comments: "There are cops around, but mostly they just ask the woman her age to make sure she's not a minor. It's illegal but it's not penalized so it doesn't work to discourage the practice. If there were penalties, nobody would come here, myself included. As long as girls are around to sell their services, my conscience doesn't bother me.
Comments: "Before I used to troll for women on X formerly Twitter , and would invite women to meet at an izakaya. Or else I might follow recommendations posted by other satisfied customers. Listening to the girls talk however, I have come to understand the problems they confront in their work. A man who enjoys watching, but not doing, told the magazine, "All I do is tease them," he chuckles. I'm afraid to catch an STD, and some of them might be minors -- no way I'd want to pick one up.
I only lapsed once, when I was drunk. They're highly paid. If I want to see their full face, I say to them, "Do you want some juice? I'll treat you to one from the vending machine. Then you'll take off the mask so you can take a drink.
Spa also raises the question of why men's procuring the services of prostitutes is not subjected to punishment. Attorney Sho Wakabayashi works out of the Gladiator Law Office, whose website says his personal maxim is "Stay hungry, stay foolish. With the exception of cases where the woman is younger than 18, penalties are not considered for the customers. Masanori Sento, a writer who covers the Kabukicho scene, tells Spa's reporter, "It may be a bit of a wild guess, but I suspect that the reason why the district has not completely cleaned up at this time is because Shinjuku Ward is expecting economic benefits from inbound tourism.
