JK business

In Japanese culture, a JK business is the practice of compensated dating and concealed prostitution of adolescent girls.[1] The abbreviation JK stands for joshi kōsei 女子高生 and means "high school female student". Typically it looks as follows: a cute (kawaii) girl gives out leaflets inviting for a "JK walk" (ＪＫお散歩 JK osanpo) or "walking date"[2] which quite often leads straight into a love hotel.[3] Earlier the offered service was "refresh business". When police cracked down on it, "sanpo business" arose, when a girl is paid for supposedly walking and talking. When police figured out all about "JK walk", now it is "fortune telling".[4][5] Many of the girls work in Akihabara in Tokyo.[6]

The US State Department has reported that the Japanese government "does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking," and "continues to facilitate the prostitution of Japanese children."[7]

Yumeno Nito, is a strong critic of government inaction on the problem, forming a charity to assist girls in Tokyo.[8][9][10] Cultural anthropologists have described Japan as having a shame culture, creating a barrier for teenage runaways to be reunited with their families, making them vulnerable to recruiting into the underage sex industry.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schoolgirls for Sale in Japan. YouTube. 20 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Osaka JK parlors passing prostitution to professionals". newsonjapan.com.
  3. 1 2 "In Japan, Teenage Girls Folding Paper Cranes Has Taken on a Whole New Meaning". VICE News.
  4. ↑ "In-debt idols send wrong message to girls", Japan Times
  5. ↑ １７歳「怖いけど、給料いい」　ＪＫお散歩、記者がルポ, Asahi Shimbun, October 2, 2013
  6. ↑ "Tokyo police take 13 underage girls into custody for 'JK walking' ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion". japantoday.com.
  7. ↑ "Japan's 'high school walking' listed as new human trafficking trend - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
  8. ↑ "Activist slams indifference to sexual exploitation of girls in 'JK' industry - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
  9. ↑ "Former high school 'refugee' supports troubled teens in Shibuya". AJW by The Asahi Shimbun.
  10. ↑ "INTERVIEW/ Yumeno Nito: Havens needed for schoolgirls in sleazy 'JK' business". AJW by The Asahi Shimbun.
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