Number of people arrested in the sex industry in Japan 2015-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, May 8, 2024

In 2023, the number of people arrested for violations of the anti-prostitution law in the Japanese sex industry amounted to 381.

The Japanese Prostitution Prevention Law was enacted in 1956 to prohibit sexual intercourse in exchange for payment. While prostitution is officially illegal in Japan, the domestic adult entertainment industry took advantage of legal loopholes to work around this ban by, for example, offering non-coital services or sexual acts not legally defined as "intercourse."

Businesses falling under the category of adult entertainment include, among others, adult-only bathhouses, strip clubs, massage services, love hotels as well as video- and phone-based services.

Number of people arrested for violations of the Prostitution Prevention Law in the sex industry in Japan from 2015 to 2023

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April 2024

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Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2019 comes from previous reporting.

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