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 (www.scmp.com)

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[-] Peppr@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 months ago

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

[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

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.”

[-] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

Seattle is poor af though.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Lol, what are you talking about?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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