The number of sex services and brothels for women in Japan is gradually on the rise. The number currently registered on the sex industry information site Kaikan is said to be around 400 nationwide. A new book, Thoughts on Money, Care, and Desire After Using a Sex Service for Women Because I Was Lonely, written by Chiaki Fujitani and published by Chuokoron Shinsha in March, discusses this rapidly developing industry. Shueisha Online recently interviewed the author about the trend. The following is an edited translation of the article. In recent years, female-oriented sex establishments ...

According to an article in Weekly Women Prime, Japan is seeing a rapid rise in the number of establishments offering sexual services to women from male "therapists." The claim is based on extensive research by a manga artist, Yachinatsu (pictured), who has published on the topic of sexual services for women. Her manga Do Women Need Sex Entertainment Prostitution? has sold over 300,000 in Japan and been translated into English. While the industry has become accessible enough that married people and those even in their sixties and seventies are using the services she says various risks must ...