Job Site Boasts 200 Million Yen Sales with Play with a Condom Tagline: Intermediary Exposes Overseas Prostitution Reality.

He was arrested by a police officer in the city of Tokyo, who said, “Take a camera and pose as a traveler. Also, research tourist attractions in advance.”

The broker of the job site instructed the women who applied for jobs in this way.

On April 4, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Security Division announced the arrest of four men, including Yoshio Usui, 53, the owner of a dating club, on suspicion of violating the Employment Security Law (introduction of harmful business, etc.). The suspects, including Usui, operate a recruiting website, “Overseas Dekasegi Sharm,” which introduces Japanese women to prostitution work in the United States. The sales of the site have so far amounted to approximately 200 million yen.

The suspects allegedly pimped two women in their 20s and 30s to a prostitution ring in the U.S. between March and April of last year. In the U.S., there has been a series of cases of people being refused entry for the purpose of prostitution. Since the screening process is becoming stricter, the Usui suspects explained to the women who applied that they should ‘pose as sightseers.

The job site “Overseas Dekasegi Sharm” has been in operation since around ’21, and including solicitation by scouts, they had 200 to 300 women employed not only in the U.S. but also in Australia, Canada, and other countries. The women lived in local brothels and other places for 10 days to a month, earning between 900,000 yen and 2.5 million yen. About 10% of the remuneration was given to the brokers, including the Usui suspects.

The suspects in this case surfaced after the U.S. authorities informed the National Police Agency that Japanese women were frequently denied entry into Japan for the purpose of prostitution. Of the four arrested, three admitted to the crime and one partially denied it.

Meals only twice a day, once in the morning and once at night

What exactly is prostitution overseas? In an article distributed on December 5, 2009, FRIDAY Digital interviewed Ms. A, the intermediary, who gave a graphic account of the actual situation. The following is what Ms. A told us about prostitution (some parts have been edited).

[Overseas migrant prostitution is a pyramid-shaped organization, and in addition to brokers, there seem to be several scouts. I was told that the scouts sent several women, including my own girlfriend, to work as overseas migrants. We are told that the recruiter calling for applications online is a billing clerk of unknown gender, with a Chinese boss reigning over him.

The women prostituting locally were said to be almost confined to their homes.

[They] had only two meals a day, one in the morning and one at night. Fruit and flakes in the morning. At night, hamburgers. No snacks. The bathrooms were luxurious and looked like a hotel. He woke up around 11:00 a.m. because he had to confirm his attendance at 11:00 a.m. He worked 12 hours a day from 12:00 p.m. to midnight. He went to bed around 2 am. The room was furnished with only a bed and a small desk, and there was no TV.

Compensation was often not paid as originally promised.

The play was sexual intercourse with a rubber on. The Chinese bosses forced them to get tips from the customers in addition to the playing fee, but few customers paid tips. Was it because the era is cashless? The maximum reward is $200 (about 23,000 yen). They claimed they could make money on tips when they made the introductions. …… It’s a scam.

Some of them have been threatened with guns and forced to take drugs. The police warn people never to take advantage of such solicitations.