- "Japan has been troubled for more than a decade
by teenage prostitution, which girls euphemistically call 'compensated
dating'... [It] is recognised as a nationwide phenomenon, with girls often
using the money to buy goods such as Burberry scarves and Louis Vuitton
handbags."
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- TOKYO -- Officials in Tokyo
yesterday sought to stop men buying schoolgirls' used underwear as the
city tackles teenage prostitution.
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- By-laws will be amended to prohibit sex shops from buying
underwear and other clothing from girls under 16 for resale to men.
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- The shops also sell swimsuits, gym knickers and schoolgirl
uniforms, which resemble sailor outfits. Used underwear sells for around
£25.
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- Under the proposed ban, men meeting girls aged under
16 between 11pm and 4am without the approval of the child's parents will
be fined.
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- Sex with an under-age girl is already illegal, but the
city wants to make it easier to stop offences before they occur.
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- Japan has been troubled for more than a decade by teenage
prostitution, which girls euphemistically call "compensated dating".
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- Three years ago, the country was shocked when a 12-year-old,
Noriko Kamiie, died after she jumped from the moving car of a man who had
picked her up for sex.
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- Japanese use the term rori-kon, for Lolita Complex, to
describe the widespread obsession with schoolgirls among the country's
male population, who pay about £200 for sex with them.
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- "Compensated dating" is recognised as a nationwide
phenomenon, with girls often using the money to buy goods such as Burberry
scarves and Louis Vuitton handbags.
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- The problem is serious in Tokyo because girls from across
Japan gather in the capital's fashionable Shibuya district. Many are doing
what they call a puchi iede, or little runaway, meaning they stay away
for several days before returning home.
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- Experts say the girls quickly run out of money but finance
their adventures with "compensated dating" or by selling their
underwear.
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