Host clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. Some 21,000 male hosts work at 900 of these lucrative establishments but opaque prices for drinks and ...

A new nightlife spot in Tokyo's Shimbashi business district is putting a fresh spin on crane games, blending them with live ...

The same day as the arrests were announced, Japanese authorities revealed police had raided 729 host clubs in November and December in search of violations of the anti-prostitution law ...