In Kabukicho, a red-light district in Tokyo, four young men surround your female correspondent. Hiragi Saren, a 25-year-old with bleached hair, a black tank top and a silver necklace, sits closest. He ...

Attendees enjoyed martial arts demonstrations alongside booths of kakigori shaved ice and grilled takoyaki balls on Sunday as the Japanese American Student Association and Japan Club hosted their ...

Host clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. Some 21,000 male hosts work at 900 of these lucrative establishments but opaque prices for drinks and a ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Yu felt a rush of excitement as she walked into his bar for the first time – eager to meet the charming young host she’d been following for years online. On that cold January night last ...

The practice of men paying to make women feel good is not new, but it’s gone increasingly mainstream in recent years. The latest dispatch comes via the Huffington Post. Host clubs are popular, says ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male companions entertain female patrons, amid the suspected involvement of ...