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The Host Is Toast: Japan Approves Law To Crack Down On Host Club Hustlers

The Host Is Toast: Japan Approves 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

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May 22, 2025
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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 legit. Many are not. And the government’s finally gotten around to noticing.

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