The Battle to Keep Prostitution Legal in 1950s Japan
In 1950s Japan, sex workers formed a union and published a newspaper to oppose the Prostitution Prevention Act, which criminalized prostitution. The law passed in 1956 and took effect in 1958, leading to the industry being taken over by organized crime. About 500,000 women worked as prostitutes at t
Japan · 2015-09-21 · JSTOR Daily
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