In 2023, soliciting customers was the violation leading to the overall highest number of 270 arrests in the Japanese sex industry.
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."
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National Police Agency (Japan). (April 4, 2024). Number of people arrested for violations of the Prostitution Prevention Law in the sex industry in Japan in 2023, by violation type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197354/japan-number-arrests-breaches-sex-industry-by-violation-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Number of people arrested for violations of the Prostitution Prevention Law in the sex industry in Japan in 2023, by violation type." Chart. April 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197354/japan-number-arrests-breaches-sex-industry-by-violation-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). (2024). Number of people arrested for violations of the Prostitution Prevention Law in the sex industry in Japan in 2023, by violation type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197354/japan-number-arrests-breaches-sex-industry-by-violation-type/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Number of People Arrested for Violations of The Prostitution Prevention Law in The Sex Industry in Japan in 2023, by Violation Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197354/japan-number-arrests-breaches-sex-industry-by-violation-type/
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