Tokyo, April 20, 2025 (AFP) - Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan

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2025-04-20

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists. Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside to the bustling Kabukicho nightlife district. There is no official data but anecdotal evidence collected by AFP suggests that increasing numbers......

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