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Tokyo Calls For Ban
On Sale Of Used
Schoolgirls' Underwear

By Colin Joyce
The Telegraph - UK
1-15-4



"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."
 
TOKYO -- Officials in Tokyo yesterday sought to stop men buying schoolgirls' used underwear as the city tackles teenage prostitution.
 
By-laws will be amended to prohibit sex shops from buying underwear and other clothing from girls under 16 for resale to men.
 
The shops also sell swimsuits, gym knickers and schoolgirl uniforms, which resemble sailor outfits. Used underwear sells for around £25.
 
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.
 
Sex with an under-age girl is already illegal, but the city wants to make it easier to stop offences before they occur.
 
Japan has been troubled for more than a decade by teenage prostitution, which girls euphemistically call "compensated dating".
 
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.
 
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.
 
"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.
 
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.
 
Experts say the girls quickly run out of money but finance their adventures with "compensated dating" or by selling their underwear.
 
© Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2004.
 
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