TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Tuesday arrested the manager and three employees of a club in the Shibuya entertainment area for violating the Anti-Prostitution Law, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 27).
Officers from the peace preservation division took club manager Hiraki Sasaki, 63, into custody for offering customers sexual services from Chinese women inside a one-room apartment split into four sections by curtains.
TV Asahi reports that Sasaki has denied the allegations. “This is not prostitution,” said the suspect, who relied on a 29-year-old street tout to solicit customers.
According to police, the club has generated revenue of approximately 30 million yen since last February.
At the time of the arrests, Chinese women were seen inside the apartment keeping company with male customers. The club is located in the Dogenzaka area of Shibuya.
不法滞在の中国人で“売春クラブ” 経営者ら逮捕