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Prostitution in Japan:
"The sex industry accounts for 1% of the GNP, and equals the defense budget. "
"One "sex zone" in Tokyo, only .34 sq. km., has 3,500 sex facilities, including strip theaters,
peep shows, "soaplands," "lover's banks," porno shops, telephone clubs, karaoke bars, clubs etc."
"About a quarter of female students aged from 12 to 15 have taken part in telephone chat clubs.
Male clients of telephone clubs pay to enter booths, and wait for private calls from women and girls,
who dial a free telephone number from outside the club, often from their own home or a public telephone. "
"A woman was arrested for selling her 16-year old daughter to a geisha house in northwest Japan f
or one million yen (US$6,800). The girl escaped and sought police after her mother abused her for running away."
"The enormous sex industry in Japan is socially accepted. At the center of this empire is Kabukicho district.
"It’s a crime, but police don’t really bother us.""
"Japanese men constitute the largest number of sex tourists in Asia. "
"The Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong are some of the primary
Asian destinations for organized sex tours from Japan. "
"Pornography is so pervasive, even schoolchildren have access to comic books with pornographic
contents. Sex magazines can be bought at vending machines. "
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