Tokyo: Chinese police announced the arrest of seven people who are suspected of operating an improper sex business in Tokyo’s busy red-light district.
Japan welcomed a document 36.8 million foreign visitors next year, which was aided in part by the weak yen, which the government wants to almost triple to 60 million by 2030.
However, some campaigners have expressed concern that the sexual market may be boosted by the tourism boom.
A Tokyo police spokesman reported to AFP on Wednesday that seven persons had been detained for operating prostitution-related businesses in the district’s main Kabukicho red-light area under the pretense of massage parlors for males.
Kazuki Sudo, a 54-year-old Chinese man by the name of Kazuki Sudo, is alleged to be the leader of the prostitution band that ran between October and November of last year, according to the spokesman.
They reportedly created an English-language site because 60 to 70 per cent of their customers were from worldwide, including from Asiatic nations and North America, Japan’s Mainichi regular reported.
According to the news, the companies had overseas employees and bills were accepted in various currencies.
One Indonesian man, 25, who used the group’s services, reported to the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper that he had been telling authorities he wanted to “make reminiscences” before going home.
