Making Sexual History Japanese Style

Back in July, Japan made history with the first arrest relating to the importation of foreign girls and women for sexual exploitation. A 24 year old woman and a 65 year old man were arrested for pimping out a 13 year old Thai girl. The girl was sold to the two goons for $20,000 in a restaurant in a seedy Tokio neighborhood. Much like an indentured servant, her purchase incurred the girl a "debt" of $44,000 that she had to pay off by having sexual relations with over 200 men.

This arrest shows that Japan is determined to enforce sexual exploitation laws and crack down on the criminals breaking them. And it´s about time, cosidering that 150,000 women are exploited sexually each year in Japan, a black market valued at $20.350 million. The majority of women that are prostituted are Thai, Filipino and Columbian.

Source: Qué!, Madrid, Spain, July 5, 2005