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Japan's host clubs: A customer paid thousands of dollars – and was coerced into sex work

She thought she found love in a Japanese host club. Then the bills ballooned – and she was coerced into sex work

'Like a saviour': Japanese women fall prey to male host clubs

TOKYO: Growing up, Mirai Kisaragi fled her abusive parents, survived homelessness and contemplated suicide. At 18, she met her "saviour" at one of Tokyo's hundreds of host clubs, where men entertain women.

JAPAN The Japanese Catholic Church in the front line against sexual exploitation

In the country, more and more women are forced into prostitution in clubs because of the high level of debt. In this context, the Catholic Church is on the front line together with some organisations such as Nippon Kakekomidera. The founder of the association, Hidemori Gen:

'Like a saviour': Japanese women fall prey to host clubs

Growing up, Mirai Kisaragi fled her abusive parents, survived homelessness and contemplated suicide.Before long, Kisaragi became one of a growing number of victims of financial and sexual exploitation linked to these establishments, which have dotted Japan's red-light district Kabukicho for decades.