CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested employees of an adult entertainment scouting group for harmful recruiting, reports the Chiba Shimbun (Feb. 12).
Takanori Nakano, 38, is the leader of the scout group WEB Job, which operates mainly around stations in the prefecture, such as Chiba and Funabashi stations.
In 2023 and the next year, Nakano and Tomoki Otsuka, 46, alleged to have introduced women to adult entertainment establishments, including soapland bathhouses, in Chiba City.
Upon their arrests on suspicion of violating the Employment Security Act regarding harmful referrals, both suspects admitted to the charges.
Web Job is staffed by around 10 people. Since 2021, they are believed to have introduced approximately 400 women, mainly in their 20s and 30s, to adult entertainment establishments. Their commission is 15 percent of each woman’s sales.
Last July, Chiba police raided a sex business that was a venue for prostitution. Women employed at the facility were introduced by adult entertainment scouting group Access. Evidence seized at the time revealed 37 sex industry scouting groups were involved in staffing the facility.
Police are currently investigating the flow of funds for Web Job and other details of the operation.
