On the 24th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Shinjuku Police Station arrested an unemployed woman (28) of no fixed address on the 23rd on suspicion of violating the Prostitution Prevention Act (waiting for customers) at Okubo Park in Kabukicho, Tokyo. It was announced that. Traditionally, the agency has arrested women red-handed for acts of waiting for customers, such as when they are using a hotel with a man, but this is the first time the agency has made regular arrests for acts that have occurred in the past.
◆Security Division: “There have also been arrests for past acts.”
The suspect was arrested on the 11th at around 6:30 p.m. on the road north of Okubo Park in Kabukicho 2, Shinjuku Ward, where she sat on a guardrail and waited for a man seeking prostitution to approach her. When asked about the investigation, he remained silent, saying, “I won’t say anything until my lawyer comes.”
Kabukicho, Tokyo (partial image processing)
Shinjuku Police Station confirmed that the woman had waited for customers more than five times since last year and had entered hotels with prostitutes. Investigators arrested her on the evening of the 23rd as she was waiting for customers at the same park.
There are cases in which women waiting for customers try to avoid detection by saying things like “waiting for a friend.” The agency’s security division says, “You can be arrested even for past acts of waiting for customers.” There is.
In recent years, around Okubo Park, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women waiting for clients to prostitute themselves to pay off debts to host clubs or to make ends meet. The Metropolitan Police Department is stepping up crackdowns. Last year, 140 people between the ages of 17 and 56 were arrested on suspicion of violating prostitution prevention laws, and as of the 23rd this year, 21 people have already been arrested. The agency works with welfare offices, the Tokyo Metropolitan Women’s Counseling and Support Center, and other organizations to help people get back on their feet, depending on their wishes.
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