Six arrested for involvement in tourist-targeted prostitution business; brothels in Japan's Kabukicho catered to visitors using translation app

The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun file

TOKYO: Six men have been arrested on suspicion of providing rooms for prostitution targeting foreign tourists, in violation of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday (Feb 4).

The arrested included Kazuki Sudo, 54, from Hyakunincho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, manager of SPARAKU, a brothel in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho district.