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Customer rejected by hostess, attempts to torch club

By CJ • April 20, 2012

7 customers were inside when the suspect allegedly attempted to set the club ablaze

Tokyo rubber exec gives 500 million yen to hostess, arrested for fraud

By Kenji Nakano • April 16, 2012

Hostesses can scam customers in multiple ways

Crackdown on ‘girl’s’ establishments going nationwide

By CJ • April 13, 2012

Osaka cops have busted seven ‘girl’s bars’ so far this year

Big bust: Cops raid Roppongi and Shinjuku clubs staffed by AV actresses, idols

By CJ • March 2, 2012

Tokyo Metropolitan Police raided the two hostess clubs staffed by adult video actresses and pin-up models for licensing violations.

Cops arrest six for trafficking in Thai women at Gunma hot springs gulag

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • January 26, 2012

Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 25) reports that snack bar operator Kenichi Ando, Matsuba-kai gang member Jiro Sato and four others were arrested on a charge of violation of the Immigration Law and abetting prostitution.

Hostess club manager, gang members arrested in prostitution of Thai females in Gunma

By CJ • January 23, 2012

Suspect imposed a debt for living and transportation costs

Ginza blues: Sister, can you spare a hostess?

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • January 22, 2012

Clubs slumped badly following last March’s earthquake and tsunami

Fireman unable to pay tab opens extinguishers inside Kabukicho hostess club

By CJ • December 23, 2011

Suspect opened three fire extinguishers and sprayed white retardant powder at establishment’s entrance

Upper member of Yamaguchi-gumi attacked in 20-man brawl inside Roppongi hostess club

By CJ • December 14, 2011

Senior Yamaguchi-gumi member injured after assault

Tokyo club managers arrested for employing teenage hostesses

By CJ • December 9, 2011

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested two foreign managers of a Tokyo club for employing teenage bar hostesses, reports Yukan Fuji (Dec. 8).