Japan cracks down on "alibi businesses," known for protecting clients who work at massage parlors, cabarets and host/hostess clubs from shame and inability to rent by forging documents and ID cards that show them working in respectable professions

Hostess gets virus and Seoul shuts a slew of bars and clubs

Sometimes, you go to a women-only hostess lounge and it’s just kind of depressing | Coconuts

5𝖆𝖒3𝖆𝖒 | Only in Japan 🇯🇵 you’ll walk through Kabukicho and see job interviews happening right on the sidewalk. These are host and hostess clubs,... | Instagram

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