A Justice Ministry expert panel presented a draft report on revising the Anti-Prostitution Law on the 24th. It emerged that a majority of the panel favored introducing penalties for buyers, sparking debate on 5ch over the fact that prostitution itself isn’t currently a punishable offense, the potential impact on existing sex industry businesses like soaplands, and whether such a change would be consistent with the Constitution.
Anti-Prostitution Law Review Panel’s Draft Report: Majority Say Buyers Should Face Penalties Too — Justice Ministry (NTV NEWS NNN) – Yahoo! News
8/24 (Mon) 11:14 JST
On the 24th, a Justice Ministry panel of experts — set up in response to soliciting for prostitution becoming a social problem on the streets of Tokyo’s Shinjuku and elsewhere — presented a draft report summarizing its discussions to date.
Source: news.ntv.co.jp / Original article here
Prostitution itself isn't even a crime to begin with
>>7
>Prostitution itself isn't even a crime to begin with
That's just because current law doesn't classify prostitution itself as a crime — the panel has actually floated making prostitution itself a criminal offense.
>Prostitution itself isn't even a crime to begin with
That's just because current law doesn't classify prostitution itself as a crime — the panel has actually floated making prostitution itself a criminal offense.
>>31
Prostitution is illegal — penalties only apply to managed prostitution (pimping) and solicitation.
Constitutionally, prostitution can't be legalized. Since the Constitution bans discrimination based on lineage, status, and sex, prostitution that exploits sex can only be treated as illegal.
It's just that simple prostitution — where the person doesn't solicit — carries no penalty, out of consideration for protecting women.
Prostitution is illegal — penalties only apply to managed prostitution (pimping) and solicitation.
Constitutionally, prostitution can't be legalized. Since the Constitution bans discrimination based on lineage, status, and sex, prostitution that exploits sex can only be treated as illegal.
It's just that simple prostitution — where the person doesn't solicit — carries no penalty, out of consideration for protecting women.
Women turn to prostitution way too easily these days.
Schools should teach against it from a young age, like anti-smoking education.
Schools should teach against it from a young age, like anti-smoking education.
>>17
Teaching kids about prostitution from a young age? That's monstrous.
Teaching kids about prostitution from a young age? That's monstrous.
Wait, isn't it the buyer who gets arrested right now? Isn't that backwards?
>>25
That's only when they buy a minor.
That's only when they buy a minor.
I doubt casinos can function without prostitution on the side.
>>28
Honestly agree with this one. Sure, copy America on the tax side, but stuff like loan collection would need to ignore the law entirely to work — no idea which mafia ends up moving in.
Honestly agree with this one. Sure, copy America on the tax side, but stuff like loan collection would need to ignore the law entirely to work — no idea which mafia ends up moving in.
Might as well punish shoplifting victims too, then.
And murder victims should get penalized as well.
And murder victims should get penalized as well.
>>38
We're talking about buying and selling here (it takes two).
We're talking about buying and selling here (it takes two).
Just shut down host clubs, sex work, pachinko, and hostess clubs while you're at it.
>>43
That would make us no different from America or China.
What makes Japan a standout among developed nations is that entertainment here is kept within a certain order.
That would make us no different from America or China.
What makes Japan a standout among developed nations is that entertainment here is kept within a certain order.
>>90
Private gambling dens and managed-prostitution establishments are both clearly illegal, though.
Private gambling dens and managed-prostitution establishments are both clearly illegal, though.
>>90
Japan isn't even a developed country anymore.
Japan isn't even a developed country anymore.
It's illegal under the law, so buyers shouldn't complain about being punished too.
They're probably dragging their feet on penalties because there are powerful people among the buyers.
They're probably dragging their feet on penalties because there are powerful people among the buyers.
>>61
Most people struggling under this cost-of-living crunch don't have money to buy women anyway. Meanwhile, the powerful and wealthy have plenty of cash, so the ones with raging libidos might actually be in trouble if this gets regulated.
Most people struggling under this cost-of-living crunch don't have money to buy women anyway. Meanwhile, the powerful and wealthy have plenty of cash, so the ones with raging libidos might actually be in trouble if this gets regulated.
Just regulate both buyers and sellers, and make sure names get reported even for minors.
>>62
For kids, just make it so the parents get arrested instead.
For kids, just make it so the parents get arrested instead.
>>63
There's no constitutional basis for discriminatory enforcement under the banner of "protecting women." The Justice Ministry probably can't even read the Constitution's Japanese.
There's no constitutional basis for discriminatory enforcement under the banner of "protecting women." The Justice Ministry probably can't even read the Constitution's Japanese.
>>77
When the Constitution was drafted, prostitution for survival was pretty common…
Even after it was enacted, there were "akasen" (red-line districts, areas where prostitution was tacitly tolerated).
When the Constitution was drafted, prostitution for survival was pretty common…
Even after it was enacted, there were "akasen" (red-line districts, areas where prostitution was tacitly tolerated).
More important than any of that pointless stuff —
will the women selling be okay financially?
Are the judges going to help support them out of their own pockets?
will the women selling be okay financially?
Are the judges going to help support them out of their own pockets?
>>101
Judges are out of touch with the real world, so they'll say "just go on welfare" with a straight face.
Judges are out of touch with the real world, so they'll say "just go on welfare" with a straight face.
>>92
The concept of "protecting women" and the current Constitution are about as compatible as oil and water — basically not at all.
The concept of "protecting women" and the current Constitution are about as compatible as oil and water — basically not at all.
It's laughable to ban prostitution while also busting soaplands for managed prostitution.
If they're going to do that, they should try wiping out soaplands entirely. Between the brothel-style shops and the delivery-health (call-out) services, what they're doing is plenty enough to count as prostitution already. The "we don't insert the penis" pretext lets anything go — they can openly advertise anal as an option, and nobody thinks that's insane? lol
Even with some garbage law revision, everyone knows the police can't actually do their job properly.
If they're going to do that, they should try wiping out soaplands entirely. Between the brothel-style shops and the delivery-health (call-out) services, what they're doing is plenty enough to count as prostitution already. The "we don't insert the penis" pretext lets anything go — they can openly advertise anal as an option, and nobody thinks that's insane? lol
Even with some garbage law revision, everyone knows the police can't actually do their job properly.
>>112
Actually, the direction is to phase out soaplands.
Dating-app sugar-daddy arrangements ("papa-katsu") are juicier turf for police interests. Since all the data stays on record, they can crack down whenever they want a trophy case, and the amakudari (retired-bureaucrat) landing spot becomes "self-proclaimed IT company advisor."
More appealing than the small change soaplands used to kick back.
Actually, the direction is to phase out soaplands.
Dating-app sugar-daddy arrangements ("papa-katsu") are juicier turf for police interests. Since all the data stays on record, they can crack down whenever they want a trophy case, and the amakudari (retired-bureaucrat) landing spot becomes "self-proclaimed IT company advisor."
More appealing than the small change soaplands used to kick back.
Regulating both buying and selling should reduce the total number of women who end up miserable, so I say go for it.
That said, I also think it'll push things further underground and increase the number of women who end up even worse off than now.
That said, I also think it'll push things further underground and increase the number of women who end up even worse off than now.
>>115
So the number went up in the end, huh.
So the number went up in the end, huh.
If you told the police that soaplands nationwide are doing prostitution, would they actually act on it? lol
What a joke.
What a joke.
>>136
That's because a foreign employee snitched.
That's because a foreign employee snitched.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News Plus) thread “Anti-Prostitution Law Review Panel’s Draft Report: Majority Say Buyers Should Face Penalties Too — Justice Ministry.”
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