Is the Host Now Toast? Japan Approved A Law To Crack Down On Host Club Hustlers

Hosts, Japan's grey zone version of aggressive gigolos, are about to find themselves in serious trouble. The predatory practices of these good looking guys with too much hair gel are now punishable

This article was originally posted in May. There’s an update below at the bottom under “So Will It Help?”

If you’ve ever wandered through Kabukicho at midnight—drawn in by the neon, the perfume, a craving for Nagoya style chicken wings, or the sheer gravitational pull of poor life choices—you’ve probably passed a host club or two. Or twelve. Some are le…