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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago

In a grim mirror of Japan’s economic decline, the sex trade is drawing in foreign men and trapping local women in a cycle of desperation

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In a grim mirror of Japan’s economic decline, the sex trade is drawing in foreign men and trapping local women in a cycle of desperation

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago
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‘Japan has become poor’: Tokyo emerges as Asia’s new sex tourism capital
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In a grim mirror of Japan’s economic decline, the sex trade is drawing in foreign men and trapping local women in a cycle of desperation.

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  • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
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    If only people cared about workers getting trapped in cycles of desperation in literally every other industry even half as much as they pretend to care about sex workers.

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    Ah yes, the South China Morning Post, a fine outlet to get your opinion pieces on Japan from.

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      Seems like the perfect outlet to discuss Chinese participation in Japanese sex tourism.

      “But now we are seeing a lot more foreign men,” he said. “They come from many countries. They are white, Asian, black – but the majority are Chinese.”

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    This might be true, but this article has no data and just opinions. If you were to ride your car along Aurora Ave in Seattle, then Seattle is poor af.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Seattle is poor af though.

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        Lol, what are you talking about?

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          • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Seattle
          • https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/10/11/gen-z-rent-income-housing-seattle
          • https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/heres-how-much-you-need-to-earn-to-afford-a-seattle-area-home/
          • https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/as-wa-housing-costs-climb-incomes-arent-keeping-up/
          • https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/its-definitely-tough-new-study-shows-nearly-third-wa-households-struggle-make-ends-meet/MV7YO5CQDJBOTHZFPM4ILD2HII/
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            That’s because the prices of homes are too high? I don’t think understand what you’re saying. Next you’re going to tell me San Francisco is a poor city. A fixer upper in Seattle is around 800k for the land. Most homes start at around 1 million. Does that sound poor to you?

            https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Location=Seattle-WA/Salary

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              Most Seattleites can’t afford to own a home; they rent.

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    excited weeaboo noises in the distance

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