Part of the economic stimulus provided by "Abenomics" has resulted in stimulation of the lower anatomy of certain consumer segments, and as one result, the soaplands (erotic bathhouses) in Tokyo's ...

A University of Tokyo professor was arrested on suspicion of accepting about 1.8 million yen ($11,700) in bribes, including entertainment at high-end clubs and sex-industry “soaplands,” in exchange ...

Rika returns from an "assisted bath" with the day's first customer. The humid air hangs heavy with the sweet smell of soap, and she listlessly leafs through fashion magazines in a packed back room ...

Walking through the narrow streets, camera in hand, is Beniko -- a former sex worker who is now trying to capture the spirit of the area once known as Yoshiwara through photography. "People often talk ...

Rika returns from an "assisted bath" with the day's first customer. The humid air hangs heavy with the sweet smell of soap, and she listlessly leafs through fashion magazines in a packed back room ...

TOKYO — It is late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district. Walking through the narrow ...