Need a preview? See our archives. Sadly, those same girls have become the target of men looking to take advantage of their desperate circumstances. Some turn to prostitution, either to make ends meet or to feed an addiction to host clubs.
Or because hosts and concept cafe workers have pressured them into it. Osaka has seen similar problems in areas such as Umeda. I wrote years ago about how some were using X formerly Twitter hashtags to identify and target runaways looking for a place to stay. Now, some are targeting the runaways of Dotonbori.
In a separate incident, reports Sankei Shimbun , a now former year-old high school teacher was arrested for sexually assaulting a middle school girl who was part of the Under Glico community. To counter the rise in assaults, police set up security cameras in They also stepped up efforts to intervene and attempt to find at-risk girls a stable and safe place to stay.
When cities do stand up facilities, they often find themselves with another problem: men targeting the shelters. Osaka, for example, has increased the number of shelters for at-risk youth near Dotonbori from two to seven. Municipalities and the central government continue to evolve new strategies on how to best help at-risk youth and keep girls safe. For now, this remains a persistent problem with no overnight solution.
Politician Shiiki Tamotsu admitted in court that he sexually assaulted a child. So why did he get off so easy? Abandoned houses continue to rise in Japan — and thieves are taking advantage of it by finding them and stripping them clean.
