For organizations which promise a secluded block of time with an actual high school girl, though, time is running out on their business model, as Tokyo’s under-18 JK business ban is set to go into ...

A famed garden in Tokyo is battling the hordes of visitors who want to use the buildings on the site for model shoots, saying such photo opportunities are forbidden. The manager of Kyu-Iwasaki-tei ...

On a cold, rainy night in Tokyo – Japanese schoolgirls line the streets. Shivering in short skirts they pass out fliers for “JK” or “joshi-kosei,” cafes in which adult males pay for the company of ...

The lengthy, multi-syllabic nature of Japanese vocabulary means that words used in discussing social phenomena often evolve into abbreviated versions in order to streamline conversations. A prime ...

On a cold, rainy night in Tokyo – Japanese schoolgirls line the streets. Shivering in short skirts they pass out fliers for “JK” or “joshi-kosei,” cafes in which adult males pay for the company of ...