A former host who worked at a host club in Tokyo was arrested for prostitution of a female customer under the pretext of repayment of arrears, according to an interview with investigative sources.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the suspicion that the former host asked the woman to pay about 10 million yen and repeatedly made her prostitute at sex shops in Tokyo and other parts of the country.
According to investigative sources, Takuya Akiba, 27, a former host from Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, told a woman in her 20s who was a guest at a host club in Tokyo where she was working at the time, "Make money quickly." He was arrested on suspicion of violating the Anti-Prostitution Act for prostitution at a sex shop in Taito Ward.
It is said that the former host forced the woman to repay about 10 million yen under the pretext of delinquent food and drink bills, etc., and forced her to work at a sex shop.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the suspicion that women were repeatedly prostituted at sex shops in five prefectures, including Tokyo and Ehime.
According to a support group for women working in the sex industry, there have been many consultations about women who are customers of host clubs being billed a large amount as accounts receivable by the host and forced to work at a designated sex shop in order to pay it back. It means that