Authorities have raided approximately 70% of host clubs nationwide, suspecting them of malicious activities, including soliciting sex services for their female clientele. This crackdown resulted in the apprehension of 28 individuals implicated in these activities. – Adult News Japan

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Authorities have raided approximately 70% of host clubs nationwide, suspecting them of malicious activities, including soliciting sex services for their female clientele. This crackdown resulted in the apprehension of 28 individuals implicated in these activities.

2024/4/4 10:26

In response to issues with malicious host clubs, the National Police Agency of Japan announced that in November and December of the fifth year of Reiwa (2023), police departments across 33 prefectures conducted inspections on a total of 729 establishments under the Adult Entertainment Business Law. This figure is estimated to represent about 70% of such clubs nationwide. As a result of these inspections, administrative actions, including business suspensions, were taken against 203 cases in January and February of the sixth year of Reiwa (2024).

This marked the first time the National Police Agency specifically compiled data on inspections targeting host clubs. Of the 203 administrative actions, 5 were business suspension orders issued based on violations of the Adult Entertainment Business Law or local ordinances. The majority, 198 actions, were directives demanding rectification of various infractions, such as failing to ban entry to minors under 18, not displaying prices transparently, and not verifying the identities of employees.

Furthermore, between November of the fifth year of Reiwa (2023) and February of the sixth year (2024), 28 individuals associated with host clubs were arrested nationwide for violations including introducing female clients to sex businesses, breaches of the Employment Security Act, the Anti-Prostitution Law, and the Adult Entertainment Business Law, an increase of 11 individuals compared to the same period the previous year.

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