Japan erwägt, Prostituierte strafrechtlich zu verfolgen, aber die meisten wurden von Pfadfindern rekrutiert und ausgebeutet, die Handbücher verwenden, in denen es heißt: „Prostituierte sind keine Menschen“. Sie müssen lediglich in den sozialen Medien nach „finanziell angeschlagener Beute“ suchen.

The title is innaccurate. It referring to the Ministry of Justice establishing a panel of experts to discuss the pros and cons „of criminally prosecuting prostitutes.“ What they’re actually focusing on is a possible expansion of the sex crime laws to more strongly target **customers.** And no, it won’t be all customers, rather customers paying for sex in a way that breaks the existing laws – i.e. using underage or trafficked girls, soliciting on the street, etc.

The auto translate is not reliable for things like 買春者 (baishunsha) which it incorrectly translates as ‚prostitute‘. The correct translation is ‚john‘. The homophone 売春者（baishunsha) is a sex worker. Same sound, different initial kanji (‚buying‘ and ’selling‘ – you’ll see both in 人身売買 jinshin-baibai or human trafficking, literally ‚buying and selling people‘).

Arrest and prosecute both prostitutes and the people who buy them. Sexual transmitted diseases are rising in Japan.