Japanese city paints notorious street in red light district yellow - Prostitution is illegal in Japan but certain forms of adult entertainment such as ’soaplands’ are used as a loophole ...

It's a purpose shared by Go Watanabe, who runs the Senzoku Yon-chome bookshop Kastori, which specialises in the stories of former and active red-light districts in Japan. "Of course, there are ...

Now a 51-year-old single mother, Beniko, as she calls herself, recently published a book on red-light districts around Japan. She took the photographs herself. As she says, she had her reasons.

It is a purpose shared by Mr Go Watanabe, who runs the Senzoku Yon-chome bookshop Kastori, which specialises in the stories of former and active red-light districts in Japan. “Of course ...

It is a purpose shared by Go Watanabe, who runs the Senzoku Yon-chome bookshop Kastori, which specializes in the stories of former and active red-light districts in Japan. “Of course, there are many ...

Every Japanese grew up hearing about the Yoshiwara District. The 1958 law against prostitution was the death-knell for open prostitution but Japan has adapted to it. It was actually pressure from the ...