If this isn’t a recession indicator I’m not sure what is
Toth-Amon on
Just in case one does not read the article;
The article mentions that industry insiders are suspecting the management did this to evade police raids and asset seizure.
r31ya on
>*”Social media was flooded with similar cries of anguish from women who’d suddenly lost their jobs. “Wait, I still have my expensive shampoo and hair iron left at the store lol,” one woman wrote. “I can’t go get it. I’m screwed.” Another asked, “What about my pay this month? You’ve got to be kidding me about ‘financial difficulties.’ It was so busy last week.” A third woman wrote, “If I get kicked out of the dorm, I’ll definitely be homeless. Someone help me.”*
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*Industry insiders strongly suspect the synchronized shutdown was a calculated move by top management to evade a looming police raid and massive asset forfeiture.*
*With law enforcement tightening enforcement of the anti-prostitution law, insiders believe the Morishita Group’s executives chose to burn down their empire and vanish rather than pay the worse consequences than they did in 2006.”*
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Long story short, business is still booming. But the dark side of the business (predatory scouting, debt trap, and others) is facing new crackdown, stricter law. and they choose to cut the losses and closed down.
Beneficial_Lie_6504 on
It was the best shop for foreigners u_u. Now I finally found my motivation to leave Japan.
Artistic-Ad-1731 on
This is old news half their soaps have been bought by other companies and reopened by now. This was months ago.
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If this isn’t a recession indicator I’m not sure what is
Just in case one does not read the article;
The article mentions that industry insiders are suspecting the management did this to evade police raids and asset seizure.
>*”Social media was flooded with similar cries of anguish from women who’d suddenly lost their jobs. “Wait, I still have my expensive shampoo and hair iron left at the store lol,” one woman wrote. “I can’t go get it. I’m screwed.” Another asked, “What about my pay this month? You’ve got to be kidding me about ‘financial difficulties.’ It was so busy last week.” A third woman wrote, “If I get kicked out of the dorm, I’ll definitely be homeless. Someone help me.”*
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*Industry insiders strongly suspect the synchronized shutdown was a calculated move by top management to evade a looming police raid and massive asset forfeiture.*
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*In recent years, police had* [*intensified its crackdown on the nightlife sector*](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/soapland-bathhouses-in-kawasaki-accused-of-prostitution/)*, particularly targeting* [*malicious host clubs*](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kabukicho-host-in-custody-for-using-dating-app-to-lure-woman-accused-in-second-case/) *that manipulate young female clients into sex work to pay off exorbitant debts.*
*With law enforcement tightening enforcement of the anti-prostitution law, insiders believe the Morishita Group’s executives chose to burn down their empire and vanish rather than pay the worse consequences than they did in 2006.”*
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Long story short, business is still booming. But the dark side of the business (predatory scouting, debt trap, and others) is facing new crackdown, stricter law. and they choose to cut the losses and closed down.
It was the best shop for foreigners u_u. Now I finally found my motivation to leave Japan.
This is old news half their soaps have been bought by other companies and reopened by now. This was months ago.
Time to find a real job.
The prudes in the comments! 🤣