• Jul 20, 2015
  • 17 min
  • Full-HD

Schoolgirls for Sale (2015)

Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commercial sex run by sophisticated criminal networks.

Category
Country
Japan United States of America
Companies
VICE Media

Simon Ostrovsky

Self - Reporter

Jake Adelstein

Self - Journalist

Yumeno Nito

Self - Outreach worker

Hinako Kera

Rina Kawaei

Ayano Mashiro

Minako Honda

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