‘Demon Slayer’ stirs interest in Tokyo’s old pleasure quarter

Shiroshi Nakae, the owner of a century-old restaurant in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea about ...

From working in brothels to capturing ‘life’ in the sex industry

The woman was 22 when she began working in a “soap land” brothel in the renowned Yoshiwara red-light district of Tokyo.
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Yakuza accused of kidnapping woman in Kabukicho to sell organs overseas over host club debt

Tokyo Metropolitan Police ahve arrested a 25-year-old yakuza member for allegedly kidnapping a woman from the Kabukicho ...
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They handcuffed us, locked us in a cell, and turned off the lights

Deep in Tokyo’s red-light district, travelers visited a bizarre horror-themed prison café where customers are handcuffed, locked inside jail cells, and terrorized by screaming monsters throughout ...