Since April, more than a dozen host club operators in Tokyo – each owning several venues – said they would refuse entry to ...

Police have intensified their crackdown on prostitutes around Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Kabukicho ... number of women are seeking cash to visit host clubs and “idol” cafes.

A host’s flattering words were enough to enchant a Tokyo woman in her 20s. But it was a “kake” pay-later mechanism at the club that pushed her into heavy debt and eventual work in the sex ...

No matter the time, members of our Tokyo Official Supporters Club regularly arrange watch parties to follow their team from the other side of the world. Takuya, Vice Chair of the branch, told us that: ...