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Originally Posted by Nameless
Ok, two questions, I hope they aren't that polemic:
Is it true that there is a great amount of pornography and prostitution in japan?
What about the whale and dolphin hunt?
What is japan's usual response to this?
What is YOUR opinion on the subject?
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The sex industry is alive and well in all parts of the world.
In Japan, to me, it certainly feels much more present and part of regular life than it did abroad.
In Canada, if it wasn't a part of your life,you were rarely exposed to it, if it was a part of your life, it was ever-present.
On tv last night there was a bit about police busting into parlors to make sure they aren't operating without license (yes that's right, a license is available and required).
2 days ago I get yet another of my about-weekly ピンクチラシ (Pink flyers) in the mail, featuring about 4 pictures of obviously-sex (I mean penetration) poses and fellatio. The costs are about 9500yen for 90 minutes if you let them chose the girl you get, more if you pick yourself.
I've gotten about 30 or so in the last year, it seems like it's picking up a little actually, it was less before.
I can't walk downtown Sannomiya without seeing about 40 hostess/kabakura/sekukaba/whatever girls in a huge variety of clothing standing outside trying to lure men in. And about 4 or 5 cross dressers.
Sex isn't viewed as an evil thing here.
regarding the whale hunts, there's a thread about "the cove" already, it goes over a lot of this