Kobe soapland busted for employing 13-year-old girl
By • April 16, 2012
An anonymous tip regarding led police to the establishment
Kobe
Manabu Miyazaki among those opposing anti-yakuza legislation
By • February 3, 2012
Revision to the Anti-Organized Crime Law to be submitted to the Diet
Court finds ex-JR West chief not guilty over 2005 train accident that killed 107, Kyodo says
By • January 11, 2012
A former president of West Japan Railway was found not guilty by a Kobe district court of professional negligence Wednesday in regard to the 2005 train accident in Hyogo Prefecture that killed 107 people, Kyodo reported.
Printers in Hyogo break off relations with gangsters, refuse to print business cards
By • October 27, 2011
Members will break ties with organized crime and refusing to fill orders
Tohoku tremors send sex-service gals scampering southward
By • April 29, 2011
While the general mood of consumer self restraint that has followed the Great East Japan Earthquake has extended to Kansai, that area’s fuzoku industry — the commercial sex trade, to be clear — is showing signs of stimulation, reports Shukan Jitsuwa (May 5)
Japan’s first SM-themed soapland comes to Kobe
By • June 30, 2010
As a keen observer of perversions, fetishes and assorted erotica, evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai (June 29) believes it has uncovered Japan’s first club that combines soapland and SM services.
Eye in the park on Flower Road in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
By • May 4, 2010
Eye in the park on Flower Road in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
Yamaguchi-gumi gangsters give gifts in the name of goodwill in Kobe
By • January 8, 2010
With the year winding down, the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group entertained 1,200 members of the Kobe community with food and gifts in an effort to convey a sense of civic goodwill, reports Shukan Shincho (Jan. 14).
Yakuza group succumbs to revised law, encourages ‘code of conduct’
By • September 17, 2009
Yamaguchi-gumi moving towards limiting risk in its operations
MSDF sailor stages predawn assault on Kobe soapland
By • July 2, 2009
Despite his sterling military record, at approximately 5:15 AM on the morning of June 21, Maritime Self Defense Force leading seaman Takashi Kaneguchi, age 26, allegedly broke into a deluxe erotic bathhouse in the Fukuhara district of Kobe City and raped two female employees.
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Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
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Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
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Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
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Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
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Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
