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Why is self-censoring tape appearing all over Tokyo’s host club ads?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2025
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New law means that one of the host club industry’s standard marketing ploys is now illegal.

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Japanese host and host clubs no longer allowed to take advantage of customer’s romantic feelings

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2025

New law seeks to address women being pressured into prostitution to pay off host club debt.

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What do hosts in Kabukicho eat after a night of working in Tokyo’s red-light district?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2024

We try the breakfast of champions that fuels the night workers of the city.

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• (COK • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • Kabukicho • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo)

Middle school teacher moonlighting as host bar host arrested in Nagoya

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2023

Woman he illegally invited to come to his bar wasn’t who she initially seemed to be either.

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• (COK • crime • education • host bars • hostess bars • schools • Teachers • weird)

Tokyo to crack down on hostess/host bar advertising trucks by closing loophole

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2023

Metropolitan government may ask other parts of Japan to match its restrictions on adult entertainment advertising.

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• (ads • COK • host bars • hostess bars • promotional trucks • promotional vehicles • society • trucks)

Why is there a wrestling ring in the Underground Arena fighting bar in Kabukicho?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2023

Investigating the underbelly of Tokyo in one of its most notorious districts.

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• (bars • COK • fighting • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • izakaya • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • restaurants • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • wrestling • yakuza)

How to get a date in Japan, according to hosts in Kabukicho

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2022

There’s one piece of dating advice that a mama and hosts all agree on.

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• (bars • COK • dating • host bars • host clubs • hosts • Kabukicho • love • mama • romance • shinjuku • SNJO • Takashi Harada • Tokyo)

Why don’t hosts in Kabukicho approach our female reporter any more?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2022

Back when she was younger she couldn’t get away from them, so we visit a host club to find out what’s going on. 

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Host King Roland goes to Akihabara disguised as a foreign otaku 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2021

“James” looks more like a lumberjack than a geeky anime nerd.

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• (Akihabara • anime • funny • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • King of the Hosts • love live • otaku • Roland • Sega • video)

Tokyo plan to give 100,000 yen to residents who get infected with coronavirus sparks backlash

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 10, 2020

“So is this the start of the Coronavirus Challenge Lottery?” asks opponent of Shinjuku program.

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• (COK • controversy • coronavirus • health • host bars • hostess bars • shinjuku • society • Tokyo)

Roland, king of Japan’s host club scene, shows us his self-isolation routine【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  May 9, 2020

The King of Hosts shows us his daily routine now that he can’t greet his clients…and also tells us who his favorite Love Live! girl is.

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Get ready with Roland, the top-earning host in Japan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2020

Roland, “King of the Hosts”, shares his morning routine on YouTube.

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• (beauty • celebrities • Handsome men • host bars • host club • hosts • morning routine • Roland • skincare • videos • YouTube)

Tokyo host club host headbutts woman after being told he “sucks” at karaoke

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2019

”It pissed me off” host tells police.

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• (COK • crime • headbutt • host bars • hosts • Kabukicho • karaoke)

Japan’s host club king wants to sell you some US$490 hair product in a tiny, tiny bottle

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2019

Roland also has a “must-have” hangover cure that can be yours for just a little over 100 bucks.

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• (beauty • COK • crazy • hairstyling • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • Roland)

Handsome host sushi bar opens in Tokyo with 14-year host veteran pressing the pieces

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2019

Tokyo’s biggest club district has an all-night sushi joint where the chef is also a working host.

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• (COK • food • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • Kabukicho • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi)

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  3. Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
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  1. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  4. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  5. Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
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  9. Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
  10. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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  6. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  7. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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