Yuka Takaoka incident: Victim survives, holds 'no grudge'
Aug 12, 2019 · Yuka Takaoka allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, a bar host, inside her residence in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo in May
Host club debts drive women to street prostitution in Kabukicho
Dec 8, 2024 · TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched a crackdown on the increasing number of women soliciting prostitution around the Okubo Park area of the Kabukicho red-light district.. The number of women loitering on streets in the area, often sitting on a guardrail, has increased in recent months, with many foreign tourists serving as their customers, according to …
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AV actress Miru among 35 nabbed in international prostitution sting
Nov 24, 2024 · Miru made her debut as an exclusive actress for label S1 in 2018 at the age of 19. HONG KONG (TR) – As a part of crackdown on an international prostitution ring featuring current and former adult video (AV) actresses from Japan, Hong Kong police last week announced the arrest of 35 persons, including star Japanese AV actress Miru.
Junko Furuta killer again on trial: Chaos in the courtroom
Mar 25, 2019 · SAITAMA (TR) – Upon the arrest last year of Shinji Minato, 46, on suspicion of attempted murder, news outlets provided very little coverage of the story.The few articles that did appear provided little information about the suspect, merely saying that he is unemployed.
Japan's oldest adult video starlet retired at the age of 80 in January
Mar 21, 2017 · Venerable label Ruby released the final AV film in the career of Maori Tezuka, 80, in January. TOKYO (TR) – It has been no secret that Japan is a rapidly aging society.
Ex-AV actress: ‘I seriously wished that I’d never been born’
Asuka Hoshino retired from adult video industry in 2012 (s1s1s1.com) TOKYO (TR) – Retired adult video (AV) actress Asuka Hoshino, 30, wrote on her blog last month that she was coerced into performing in the industry.. The revelations follow the arrests earlier this year of persons connected to AV-related companies for forcing a woman to appear in a film.
Suit alleges Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted teenage boys in …
NEVADA (TR) – Two former entertainers for the agency formerly known as Johnny & Associates have filed a lawsuit in a court here over alleged sexual assaults by the former president Johnny Kitagawa at a hotel in Las Vegas.. Junya Tanaka and Kyohei Iida, both of whom were members of Johnny & Associates, are seeking a total of 300 million dollars, or …
‘Toyoko kids’ congregating in Kabukicho face police crackdowns
Dec 22, 2024 · TOKYO (TR) – In recent years, the Kabukicho red-light district has been attracting very young delinquents and sex workers.. Specifically, they congregate around the Toho Cinemas complex in the heart of the district. Popularized on social media as toyoko — or “Toyoko Kids,” a reference to the complex — these types, many of them runaways, feel the area is somewhere they can belong to.
Fukuoka police arrest man in connection with fatal stabbing of …
Dec 19, 2024 · FUKUOKA (TR) – Fukuoka Prefectural Police on Thursday arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with a stabbing incident at a fast food restaurant in Kitakyushu City last week that left a school girl dead.. On Thursday, police accused Masanori Hirahara, a resident of Kokuraminami Ward, of attempted murder.