5 arrests this year indicates that foreigner male prostitution is increasing in Yokohama

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2. Weeb dream

3. …wait, they arrested 5 people and they were like “yup it is increasing”?

   And then made an article about it?

4. Sorry guys, I had to make ends meet. After Garigari-kun prices went up by 9Y I’ve had to resort to the only thing I know how to do well.

5. The article doesn’t mention anything being done to prevent locals from exploiting these rentboys?

6. Better than teaching English at least?

7. “What are you doing there, step foreign male prostitute?”

8. You think their clients are mostly men or women?

9. Salary for my eikaiwa hasn’t gone up since 1985, so a man’s gotta have a good side hustle.

10. Just legalize it already. Such an archaic law.

11. We all know how Japan loves legal loopholes, maybe there’s a way to get around “no sex work on a tourist visa”: if MEXT can create a system inspired by the JET program, where handsome male foreigners are legally considered “assistants” to a native Japanese fuuzoku. Given Japan’s “unique system of prostitution” (Dear UNESCO: wake up!) it could arguably be categorized as cultural enrichment.

    My only problem is, I can’t decide if the slogan should be性交交流 or 国際性交

12. Worth noting the article says most are from Thailand. Also repeatedly blames the relaxed borders for this. smh

13. emergency plan: learn Japanese and hope your above average looking