Since last year, "Okubo Park" in Tokyo, Japan has become a gathering place for sex workers . An average of more than 40 people are arrested every month on suspicion of illegal sex trade . Why are there so many people in Japan when there is a legal sex industry ? Want to be a self-employed person in assisted dating? Today let’s talk about “Japan’s compensated dating industry”! Hiho~ Hello everyone, I am Zhiqi! In September last year, Japanese officials released a report that found that the number of people infected with syphilis in Japan hit a new high, with more than 10,000 people infected! Among them, the largest increase in female infections was 40 times that of 10 years ago , and most of these infected people are concentrated between the ages of 20 and 40. As soon as the news was announced, it sparked widespread discussion on the Internet. Although experts did not announce the reason , Many Japanese netizens believe that this may have something to do with the "compensated dating industry" that has become more and more prosperous recently . But doesn't Japan have a legal sex industry? Why take the risk of assisted dating? What is the reason why Japan’s “assisted dating industry” will become more and more prosperous? Let’s discuss it together today! But before we start today’s discussion, let’s go into some business service time! [What is compensated dating? 】 To discuss the assisted dating industry in Japan, we must first understand what is assisted dating. Assisted dating is the abbreviation of "assisted dating" in Japanese. According to the information on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, compensated dating is a term created by the Japanese media. A vocabulary used to describe teenagers, especially female students, who receive money or material rewards from adult men to provide dating services, sometimes including sexual transactions . In other words, compensated dating in a broad sense does not necessarily include sexual services and may simply provide dating and companionship. Let’s talk about the companionship service to relieve loneliness. In order to distinguish it , some people will call this kind of escort service provided by young women to older men “without the premise of physical relations” as “daddy work (Baba work)”. According to Japanese media According to interviews with practitioners of compensated dating, the group with the largest number of practitioners are young or even underage students , followed by married women, and finally general part-time workers. In addition, there are also "teenagers compensated dating" that target the gay community. ” Or “reverse assisted dating” where the practitioner is older than the buyer. But isn’t Japan’s sex industry legal? Why is there still an industry of assisted dating? [Why is the assisted dating industry needed? 】 In fact, Japan’s legal sex industry strictly prohibits sexual penetration. Legally operated stores can only provide “sexual intercourse-like” or “sexual arousing” behaviors such as oral sex, handjobs, etc. If this line is exceeded, no matter the buyer, Or are sellers breaking the law ? If this is illegal , then why are there so many people on the Internet sharing about going to Japan to experience a "bubble bath" and having sex with service staff? Some people explain that this kind of situation is usually avoided by the customer negotiating the price privately with the service staff and then using the name of "love at first sight, mutual love". However, from the store's perspective , in order to operate in the long term and avoid being reported, they usually try their best to avoid being reported. , to avoid this kind of gray transaction again. This kind of "legitimate transaction" may not be possible. In fact, it is not cheap . A basic consumption in a legal store starts at 20,000 yen, and then the more expensive ones can reach more than 80,000 yen, which is about NT$4,000. The cost is about 16,000 yen , but the cheapest for a real-life assisted dating is only 15,000 to 20,000 yen, which is about NT$3,000 to 4,000. It is relatively cheap for those in need , and it also guarantees "the original" "aided dating" It has become a relatively affordable option. What we have discussed so far has been the needs of buyers . So we are also curious to explain to practitioners why they choose to engage in illegal compensated dating when there are legal ways to choose ? [More and more people are engaging in compensated dating? 】 This may be related to four factors. First, the economy. In recent years, Japan’s export-oriented monetary policy has caused the Japanese currency to continue to depreciate. For the Japanese, money is getting thinner and the consumption burden is getting heavier. Many people are working in full-time jobs. After work, I started to think about making money part-time . Compared with going to a legal store, where you have to take commissions, pay taxes , cooperate with publicity, and schedule regular shifts, running your own assisted dating business is not only more confidential , but you can also get more money. What’s more? Due to the epidemic, many practitioners who used to work in legal shops were unable to operate normally , so they could only engage in assisted dating work, which was difficult to track, to make ends meet. Then, the third reason may be the increasingly prosperous Cowherd industry in Japan [The Cowherd industry is also A push? 】 Hey, what is the relationship between "compensated dating" for many people and "cowherd"? In fact, according to statistics, 40% of the 140 women arrested for "illegal sex trade" this year were to pay the debts owed by Cowherd shops or entertainment expenses. This is because in recent years, Cowherd shops in Japan have not only catered to the needs of female customers. They will also organize regular activities and set up exclusive birthday parties to keep customers paying for their love, just like running an underground idol. Moreover, not only can Cowherd shops accept credit , most of them do not strictly control the entry age, and there are many people who lack judgment. Minors were coaxed by Cowherd and unknowingly owed large debts. Last year, a high school student in Japan owed millions of yen at Cowherd's shop. These minors, in order not to let their families find out, could not do anything right. To work, to make money quickly , you have to go to sea, and to engage in illegal assisted dating. Finally, some people think that the increasing number of women engaging in compensated dating may be related to the fact that Japan’s social system has been unfriendly to women for many years [Is Japanese society unfriendly to women? 】 First of all, there is a huge salary gap between men and women. According to a survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the average salary of Japanese women is about 20% less than that of men. Therefore, when the society is in recession , the impact on women will be much greater than that of men, and they have more part-time jobs . The pressure to make money comes again. Japan's tax system stipulates that one of the spouses must earn less than one million yen (about NT$200,000) to enjoy the tax exemption. At the same time, traditional wisdom holds that "if the woman continues to work after marriage, "It represents the man's incompetence." Under the interaction of the tax system and social pressure, many Japanese women will give up their career development after getting married . Once life encounters a change, married women need money urgently and cannot let others know that they are working . In summary, it may be due to economic pressure , the impact of the epidemic, the rise of cowherds, and the mutual influence of the social structure that more and more people who have recently joined the compensated dating industry are becoming more and more casual . As the assisted-dating industry is booming, Japanese society is also facing two major problems. [Security concerns in the assisted-dating industry] The first is public-security concerns . Take Okubo Park, a hotspot for assisted-dating in Tokyo, as an example. There will be more than 40 sex workers after 8 p.m. In addition to the problem of illegal sex trade when gathering to solicit customers , it is also easy to attract gray industries such as pornography, fraud, drugs, etc., forming a security dead corner . In addition, because there are no legal stores or brokers to provide security during the transaction, it is also easy for practitioners to be involved in the transaction process. Then there is the issue of infectious diseases when we encounter dangers [Can compensated dating make infectious diseases more serious? 】 The legal porn industry usually requires practitioners to regularly check for infectious diseases and proactively provide condoms to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. However, most of the practitioners of assisted dating are self-employed. Not only do they lack coercive power , some people also have face issues. Or if they have no common sense of hygiene , they usually wait until the condition is very serious before seeking medical treatment. According to Japanese media statistics, on average, each practitioner will conduct two to three transactions a day. If they are infected with syphilis, AIDS, etc., the incubation period is relatively long. Sexually transmitted diseases may have spread in large numbers before seeking medical treatment . Last year, the number of people infected with syphilis in Japan hit a new high. If the number of black cases is also included, the number may be as high as 40,000. Many people believe that this is a side effect of the booming assisted dating industry . Since assisted dating, With so many problems in the industry, what measures does the Japanese government take? [Japanese government’s countermeasures? 】 In order to curb the continued development of the assisted dating industry, the Japanese government has invested a large amount of police force to strengthen inspections and patrols. In April this year, 62 hotels around Okubo Park alone were inspected even if they were just waiting for friends on the roadside or scrolling on their mobile phones. When being interrogated by the police , if the police discover that a passerby has a record of being arrested for sex trafficking, they will forcibly evict or arrest them. At the same time, the Japanese government has also reached an agreement with Cowherd shops around Shinjuku City to forcefully ban consumers under the age of 20 from entering . They provide credit services in the hope of reducing the problem of minors over-consuming and being forced to invest in the assisted dating industry to repay debts. Thanks to the efforts of the Japanese government, the proportion of sex trafficking in Japan did decline from March to May this year , but starting in June, illegal sex Trading has returned to its old ways. Many practitioners have been able to identify who is the police or simply accept foreign customers to avoid detection. Therefore, many people criticize the government's approach to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. No wonder it is ineffective! [Government countermeasures treat the symptoms but not the root cause? 】 Many people believe that practitioners of compensated dating engage in compensated dating mainly because of economic pressure. If the Japanese currency continues to depreciate and society does not provide an environment suitable for women to work , relying solely on the police to ban it will not fundamentally solve the problem but will force them to do so. Practitioners who are already on the fringes of society have gone underground, causing greater social problems. In addition, some people have mentioned that minors will need a large amount of money . It is not financial pressure , but they may feel lonely or be affected by a large number of material temptations on the Internet. It is suggested that if minors can be managed to improve social alienation from a spiritual level , it may be able to effectively reduce the phenomenon of compensated dating. Finally, some people believe that the booming development of the compensated dating industry is also related to the social atmosphere in Japan. There are often many people in the popular Japanese forum 2CH. They will share their "aided dating experience", such as how to negotiate the price for the first time, where the person is prettier, and even post photos to show off their achievements. They believe that they can easily get a night of passion just by walking on the street , so why not? ? Therefore, many experts believe that the Japanese government should start with education to cultivate the correct concept of minors, not to treat their bodies as commodities easily , and not to think that money can easily buy feelings, physical relationships, etc. The United Nations also recommends The Japanese government should directly legislate to ban minors, and provide services such as escorted walks or dates, which do not sound so serious, to prevent boys and girls with such tendencies from going further [Our point of view] Enter the point of view In the past, we would like to express our special thanks to all the members of Zhiqi Qiqi. With your support and sponsorship, we can continue to operate this channel and produce such "irrefutable yellow label" topics. Thank you very much! If you are willing to support us to go further, please click the "Join" button on the channel homepage to become our member , or you can use "Super Thank you" to support us with a small amount . Well, having said that, we have seen that Japan's compensated dating industry is in The booming development would intuitively say that it is probably the problem caused by Japan's economic recession after the epidemic . Then I am also curious, since it is economic pressure , why not choose a relatively secure legal industry? But after in-depth understanding, I found that many people do not voluntarily engage in illegal sex trade. In addition to economic pressure, there are also factors such as social system, social atmosphere, family dysfunction, etc. that force them to embark on this path. Of course, we also I know that many people think that sex is human instinct . Only by legalizing sex trade and exposing it to the sun can we manage it and solve the social problems caused by sex trade. But we believe that even if sex trade is legal, there may still be no way to deal with it. The issues of "women being forced to engage in the sex industry" and "accompanied dating of minors" are as experts say, because the social system is unfriendly and women's wages and career options are very limited, and they are vulnerable to economic impact. Compensated dating of minors may also be a result of poor family functioning. Peer instigation and other factors influence . Therefore, in addition to discussing whether to legalize sex trafficking, it may also require the entire society to establish a more gender-friendly system and a more complete social safety net. Only then can we better catch those who are marginalized by society. Of course, we are not Due to time and space constraints , experts in this field can only choose a few relatively large aspects to discuss the phenomenon of compensated dating in Japan . 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